Article 58MT0 Queensland government approves $1bn coking coalmine in the Galilee Basin

Queensland government approves $1bn coking coalmine in the Galilee Basin

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Australian Associated Press
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Pembroke Resources can now hire the 500 workers needed to build the Olive Downs mine

The Queensland government has given final approval to a $1bn coalmine in the state's Galilee Basin.

Pembroke Resources has been granted mining leases for its 25,000-hectare Olive Downs coking coal project by the state government following federal environmental approval in May.

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