Shenhua coalmine faces legal challenge over risk to koala population
by Gabrielle Chan from on (#JYTR)
NSW government sources acknowledge Upper Mooki Landcare group has strong case and Chinese state-owned company could have to restart approval process
The $1.2bn Shenhua coalmine faces a significant setback after local landholders launched a legal challenge to the New South Wales government approval process over whether it properly considered the impact of the mine on the local koala population.
The Upper Mooki Landcare group has challenged the approval given to the Shenhua Watermark mine project, specifically whether the open-cut mine on the Liverpool Plains would place a viable population of koalas at risk of extinction.
