14 October 2020 Catastrophic climate change Aurizon’s ‘base case’ Aurizon generates around 80% of its revenue from hauling coal. Aside from coal miners themselves, there are few businesses in the country as exposed to the financial risks posed by the rapid transition...
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Engineers, coal haulage, finance & insurance: Stop Adani campaign update, October 2019
20 October 2019 After another week of news and protest over rail haulers and contracts for the Carmichael rail line, who is on track in the campaign to #stopadani? The working week ended with what looked, at first glance, like a blow to the campaign to prevent Adani's...
Aurizon AGM dominated by Adani concerns
17 October 2019 Aurizon’s annual general meeting (AGM), held in Brisbane today, was dominated by concerns over Aurizon’s potential involvement in the destructive Adani Carmichael coal project. Both shareholders inside the meeting and #StopAdani activists outside...
Adani’s new plan, November 2018 update
[cs_content][cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ][cs_text]5 November 2018 The next six months will be critical for whether Adani’s destructive mega coal mine goes ahead. Thanks to some cost-cutting, on both its proposed...
Aurizon doesn’t want to become ‘public enemy number one’
18 October 2018 Aurizon’s relationship with Indian coal mining giant Adani dominated question time at its annual general meeting in Brisbane today. Last month, Adani proposed a shorter rail line that would link its proposed Carmichael mega mine in the Galilee Basin to...
Aurizon shareholders: How does Adani coal align with 2°C?
18 October 2017 Shareholders today grilled Aurizon over its plans to build a railway that would open up the Galilee Basin to coal mining. The coal haulage company currently has a financing bid before the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), rivalling...
Media Release: Palaszczuk’s broken promise on QIC Adani trainwreck
Palaszczuk’s broken promise on QIC Adani trainwreck Friday 31 March, 2017: Support to Adani’s rail infrastructure from QIC is in clear breach of Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s election promise not to use public money to prop up the controversial coal...
Aurizon wants to unlock Galilee coal – Take action!
17 March 2017 Aurizon has applied for a $1.25 billion loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund (NAIF) to construct the railway link needed to open Queensland’s Galilee Basin to coal mining. And guess what? Your super fund is most likely invested in this...
Aurizon fails to see writing on the wall for Adani and Australian coal
18 October 2016 The Galilee Basin has been one of the biggest flashpoints in the fight against fossil fuels in Australia. There is enough coal in the Galilee to produce a massive 705 million tonnes of carbon each year, which is more than our current domestic...
Allianz, world’s largest insurer, dumps coal
24 November 2015 Allianz Investment Management, the money management arm of the largest insurer in the world, has committed to divesting coal from their portfolios. The firm manages in excess of EUR 600 billion of assets covering the liabilities of the insurer. In an...