Gina Rinehart-backed company gets approval from Tanya Plibersek for coal seam gas project
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#6NSBC)
Environment minister gives go ahead for Senex Energy to develop and operate up to 151 new coal seam gas wells in inland Queensland
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The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, has given a company co-owned by Gina Rinehart approval to develop and operate up to 151 new coal seam gas wells in inland Queensland.
A spokesperson for Plibersek said the Atlas stage 3 project proposed by Senex Energy, which is jointly owned by South Korea's steel giant Posco and Rinehart, would primarily contribute domestic gas supply to households and Australian manufacturing - including for glass, bricks, cement and food packaging".
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