Adani - Who are they??

Adani has copped a lot of bad publicity lately.  Mainly driven by anti coal activist groups. We know their agenda is to try and kill the coal industry here in Australia. By attacking Adani, they feel they can stop the export of coal that is necessary for many millions of people worldwide who are living in poverty.

Adani actually does a lot of good in their own country.

The Adani Foundation

We live and work in the communities where our operations are based and take our responsibilities to society seriously.

We invest 3% of the group’s  profit in community initiatives through the Adani Foundation.
The Foundation runs projects in four key areas:  

• Education – Quality education and promoting girl child education.

• Community Health – Innovative projects to meet the local needs and facilitate basic healthcare to all, by bridging gaps.  

• Sustainable Livelihood Development – Holding hands of all marginalised groups to improve livelihood opportunities and thus the quality of life at the local community level.

• Rural Infrastructure Development - Need based quality infrastructure for better inclusive growth.

Reducing impact on the environment

Enabling India to meet its energy needs while minimising the impact on the environment is a big challenge. We protect biodiversity in ecologically sensitive areas like Mundra, where we have conserved and extended the mangrove forests.

We were the first power company in India to use 'supercritical' technology to reduce CO2 emissions, an initiative that won us Clean Development Certification from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

We are also at the forefront of initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce waste.

We recently commissioned the largest solar power project in India.
Solar Plant 

As quoted by Adani's Chairman - (Gautam Adani)

Since its foundation in 1988, the Group’s business has grown exponentially. Projections for the next few years suggest the expansion is set to continue.

The back-story to our success is the growth of India’s middle class. Their demand for goods and services places an ever-growing demand on the nation’s infrastructure, in terms of ports, power, water and transportation.

The Government has struggled to keep pace and, as a result, invited the private sector to contribute. The opening up of the energy and infrastructure markets is a huge opportunity for Adani. Our coal mining, cargo handling and power generation activities are projected to increase four to 10 fold over the next decade.

About Adani Mining Australia

The Adani Group’s venture into Australia commenced in 2010 with the purchase of the Greenfield Carmichael Coal Mine in the Galilee Basin, Central Queensland, and the Port of Abbot Point near Bowen in North Queensland. Our vision is to operate a vertically integrated model - with the extraction of coal from our Carmichael Mine, transported by rail to Abbot Point, and exported to meet consumer and business demands in offshore markets. Adani’s proposed Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project will deliver many benefits to the local, state and national economies and the newly proposed North Galilee Basin Rail project signifies that our project is on track.

Adani Mining will look to provide full, fair and reasonable opportunity to Australian suppliers for the supply of equipment, services and technology for the Carmichael Coal, Mine and Rail Project in Queensland.

To support its commitment to Australian industry, Adani Mining is developing a Local Procurement Policy and an Australian Industry Participation Plan. Through the implementation of these plans, Adani Mining will use best endeavors to maximise Australian participation in its project by sourcing, where possible, from regional, Queensland and Australian businesses. By making supply opportunities available at all levels, Adani will look to ensure that a range of businesses are given the opportunity to tender for work on its project.

In Australia, our business, underpinning the Carmichael Mine Project, has several components: coal exploration, coal mining, rail construction & operations, construction of infrastructure, port expansion & operations.

It is anticipated that the Carmichael Mine Project will export more than 60MTPA of coal at peak production and employ up to 5,000 people during construction and 4,000 during its operational phase.

 Adani - Their Story



Our Story from Adani Group on Vimeo.




Source: Adani

FACTS AND TRUTH WILL WIN IN THE END

Once again FACTS will show that the Abbot Point Dredging campaign can go ahead with minimal impact to the surrounding environment.

A recent study that was done on a dredging campaign in Western Australia at Barrow Island proves exactly what we have been saying all along.  

The impacts from sediment plumes from dredging and when disposed at the disposal site have minimal impacts and will in fact hardly affect any areas beyond a 10 to 15 kilometre radius. There are no significant coral reefs within 40 kilometres of the actual dredging site at Abbot Point , this confirms that there will be minimal impacts around this area.  We are currently waiting on a new disposal site to be chosen.  When it is, you can be assured that there will be no coral reefs or seagrass beds within the disposal site, and , in fact within a radius of 10 to 15 kilometres and possibly more!  

It was also found in this study that the disposal site has even less impacts then the dredging site.

The quotes below are from the Brisbane Senate enquiry on the Great Barrier Reef  with reference to the Barrow Island Dredging.

 STORY, Ms Bronwyn, Manager, Great Barrier Reef Strategy, Queensland Resources Council

KNUDSON, Mr Dean, First Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment

The image below shows the exposure days from the sediment plumes, also note the minimal impacts from both the Dredging site and the Disposal site.

Map showing study site and coral health survey
locations at Montebello and Barrow Islands, Western Australia.

Source: Senate Enquiry - The Great Barrier Reef

             WA Study on Dredging and Coral Reefs

             Dr Brett Kettle - Marine Biologist

             

Tony Brown versus Big 4 Banks

As posted on the Fight for the Reef facebook page - this new meme is now doing the rounds of facebook and other social media networks!!

It states:

MAN ON A MISSION: Whitsundays Tourism Operator Tony Brown is putting the pressure on Australia's Big 4 Banks.

Tony is asking Westpac, ANZ, CBA and NAB to stop investing in projects that harm the Great Barrier Reef & the tourism industry that relies on it. 

He'll meet with reps from 3 of the 4 Big Banks next week. Share if you support Tony and want the banks to stop financing projects that threaten the Reef.
 Source: Fight for the Reef

Tony Brown has stated many times in the past that he is not against the project at Abbot Point, he is just against dumping the dredged spoil into the ocean. 

So, why is he lobbying the big Banks to not fund the project??  If the project has no funding to proceed, then , no dredging or dumping anywhere. So, doesn't that contradict what he said before. He was just against the sea dumping , not against the project going ahead. 

Well, no funding , no project!!  What is his real agenda??

Is it possible he is another anti coal activist doing the bidding for the likes of Greenpeace and co??

 Source: Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia Transcript


"Our position has always been the same: we are pro Abbot Point.  We think this is a good thing.  We think the economy needs it."

So - why is he lobbying the banks to stop it??

Why is he not trying to stop the dredging  at the Abell Point Marina in the Whitsundays! - which requires dredging for many months.  The project is predicted to last for 6 – 8 months with all dredge material being pumped into the retention pond to develop a community parkland for marina customers to enjoy with regular events planned for this area.


Ok, it is not sea dumping, but, dredging still stirs up the water with sediments.  His worry about Abbot Point was that the water quality  would be affected from the dredging. Whether you dredge and dump at sea or on land, the water will still be turbid for the duration of the dredging. 

Is it not just a bit hypocritical to want to stop Abbot Point because of water quality issues, but, to seem quite ok for dredging at Abbel Point Marina!! Or , is it because Abbot Point is a Coal port and Abbel Point Marina is for tourism!!
 Source:  Dredging at Abbel Point Marina





And in another contradiction.  He clearly states in this youtube video that Airlie Beach is against "Dredging" and earlier in the video stated that "tourism is right behind Abbot Point". 

So, Tony Brown.  Do you support Abbot Point and Bowens future?  Do you still only 'not' want ocean dumping?  Are you against dredging altogether??  Does tourism support Abbot Point?? Contradictions everywhere.  What is your real agenda??

 



We, the supporters of the Abbot Point expansion know that the effects of dredging will be minimal.    Why is he unable to do a bit of research as we have done instead of believing the lies and scaremongering of the anti coal activists??