Adani committed to Australia mine project: Diplomat

In a press interaction here, Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling said the Adanis are into a "major, major" project in Australia which will entail huge decade long investment and engagement. 

"He [Chairman Gautam Adani] is strongly committed if finances work out good," said Suckling of the Ahmedabad-headquartered group  which is into resources, logistics, agribusiness and energy sectors.

"He has got all approvals and clearances of what I know," said Suckling of the project in Queensland in Australia. 

Earlier media reports said Australia's aboriginal landowners have challenged in court the project. 

According to a report in The Economic Times, the Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) people, the traditional owners of the land, have vowed to stop the project.

The Adani Group has acquired the mines in Australia to secure fuel supply for its power projects, said the report, adding that they have to secure loans even as various citizens' groups and NGOs approached the lenders not to finance the project citing the potential damage it could cause to Galilee Basin in the state of Queensland.