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Australia court blocks building of India-backed coal mine

Environmental groups hail decision as another vital step in project's eventual demise

Thu, Aug 06, 2015 - 5:50 AM

Sydney

AN Australian court on Wednesday revoked the approval of an Indian-backed project building what would be one of the world's biggest coal mines which environmentalists say threatens the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef.

But while environment groups hailed the decision...

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