June 19, 2013
Adani Group is planning to build a USD 300 million electricity transmission line to its proposed mine in Central Queensland in Australia.
Adani has flagged plans to build a 250-kilometre high-voltage line from Powerlink’s Strathmore substation near Colinsville in the Bowen Basin to its proposed Carmichael mine.
It would be the first high-voltage transmission line built by the private sector in Queensland and signals the ongoing shake-up of the energy sector after changes announced by the Newman government, according to local media reports.
Adani is confident its project, to mine up to 60 million tons of thermal coal a year, is economically viable because its controls all the stages from “pit to port” including the rail line, Abbot Point coal terminal to feed and power stations in India.