Explaining Adani: why would a billionaire persist with a mine that will probably lose money?
- Written by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
By mid-June, if everything goes as expected, Adani Australia will receive the final environmental approvals for its proposed Carmichael coal mine and rail line development.
Newspaper reports based on briefings from Adani suggest that, once the approvals are in place, the company could begin digging “within days”.
On Friday the...