The Alpha test coal pit above was the first in the Galilee Basin. GHD is working on the engineering design for Adani's nearby Carmichael coal mine project. Credit: Andrew Quilty 15 July 2019 The engineering consultancy managing the design of Adani’s Carmichael coal...
Media release: Chubb’s coal policy has an Australia-sized loophole
July 9, 2019 Chubb’s new restrictions on its underwriting and investments in thermal coal have come under attack from Australia, as groups there call upon the insurer to clarify its stance on the controversial Adani Carmichael coal project. Chubb’s policy rules out...
Banks could accidentally fund Carmichael coal via Adani bond issue
8 July 2019 In early July 2019 Adani issued US$1billion in bonds for one part of its business (Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone), which nine major banks invested in. This company operates several ports in India. Unfortunately, the evidence shows that the Adani...
Adani still vulnerable on insurance for its Carmichael mine and railway
28 June 2019 See which companies are Adani's catastrophic Carmichael coal project Like the stampede that saw almost 40 major banks turn their backs on Adani’s Carmichael coal mine and rail project (eventually forcing Adani to pledge it will “self-fund”), major...
Non, merci! Rothschild & Co. walks away from Adani
16 May 2019 In May 2018 it was revealed that French investment bank Rothschild and Co was helping Adani to sell a minority stake in the Abbot Point coal terminal on the North Queensland coast. The terminal would act as the port through which coal from the proposed...
Rothschild & Co bank called on to end support for Adani’s massive new coal mine
By Lucie Pinson - Friends of The Earth France, Originally published by Banktrack, 30 April 2019. “Keep coal in the ground!” In the last few years, this climate activist slogan has become a shared position worldwide, based not on beliefs but on facts. If there is...
CIMIC Group refuses to rule out Adani
11 April 2019 The Adani Carmichael coal mine and rail project is perhaps the most contested mining project in Australian history. An eight-year campaign has seen more than 40 banks and insurance companies worldwide refuse to back it, as have many engineering and...
Aurecon attempts to spin its way off the Adani List
18 March 2019 Aurecon, a major consultancy working for Adani’s Abbot Point coal port, is taking Orwellian corporate spin to a new level by telling university students and its own staff it is not working on the disastrous Adani Carmichael project. It justifies this...
Ten insurance companies rule out covering Adani’s Carmichael project!
Media Release: World’s biggest insurers will not cover Adani Group’s Carmichael coal mine
Campaigners call on laggards to back UN climate targets andrefuse support for disastrous project Thursday 20 December 2018, 0001 Hours Central European Time Ten of the world’s foremost insurance companies will not provide support to develop the controversial...