Community Engagement - Sustainable Outcomes - Long Term Value Creation
Adani Australia currently has 800 people working across operations and projects in Queensland.
Each month we pay $7.2 million in salaries to our direct staff and seconded employees (average for last 6 months).
We are proud this money is supporting the livelihoods of local people and we value the work they do and the enthusiasm they bring to work every day.
We remain committed to the Carmichael project and look forward to the time when more people in places like Townsville and Bowen can join the Adani team.
Over the life of the Carmichael, Adani Australia will create 10,000 direct and indirect jobs. Those are jobs with Adani, with our contractors and in the supporting mining industry and community businesses like supermarkets and petrol stations where our employees and contractors spend their money.
The Carmichael Project has been rigorously and exhaustively assessed by both the State and Federal governments and has all necessary approvals including indigenous land use agreements required for it to go ahead.
Numerous court processes have found the approvals that have been granted to the project are sound and that ample regulations, checks and balances are in place to give the public confidence that that mine, rail and port will be operated in a way that is safe and sustainable.
Adani - Empowering Communities
Adani - Making A Difference
Adani Australia is part of the Adani Group, a global leader in resources, logistics, infrastructure and energy. The Adani Group is among the world’s fastest-growing organisations of the past 25 years.
With a focus on nation-building, the Adani Group has invested more than $US40 billion in infrastructure initiatives in the past decade, including the world’s largest single-site solar generation plant in Tamil Nadu, and India’s first supercritical thermal power plant at Mundra, Gujarat.
Adani Australia’s businesses include resources, infrastructure, solar and agriculture, strengthening ties between Australia and India.
The Adani Group is one of India's leading business houses, with revenue of approximately $9.4 billion for the 2013-14 financial year. Adani is a globally integrated infrastructure player with businesses spanning coal trading, coal mining, oil and gas exploration, ports, multi-modal logistics, power generation and transmission, as well as gas distribution.
Adani entered the Australian market in 2010, with the intent to open Queensland’s Galilee Basin, unlocking the coal resources within. A unique aspect of the mine’s development is the ‘pit-to-plug’ strategy, insulating the coal from fluctuations in the global market, as well as capitalising on Adani’s infrastructure strengths and capabilities to build a multi-user rail line to the site.
Since then, Adani has expanded its investment into Australia with the acquisition of the Abbot Point Coal Terminal in 2011, the purchase of the Abbot Point BulkCoal Operating business in 2016 and the entry of the Adani Renewables business in 2016 with a focus on large-scale renewable energy projects.
The Carmichael mine, rail and port project has since been a vehicle to invest billions of dollars, both in the project and Queensland’s economy. With success comes responsibility, so we take care to reinvest in protecting and developing the communities that we operate within.
"To be a global leader in the integrated resource, logistics and energy business through sustainable, innovative and responsible value creation."
Our Operations
Adani Abbot Point Operations
Located 25km north of Bowen in Queensland, the Port of Abbot Point has been in continuous and safe operation for 30 years, as one of the few locations in Queensland with deep water access close to shore. The terminal is known as the Adani Abbot Point Terminal (AAPT or T1).
The terminal operations consists of the following key components:
Located 25km north of Bowen in Queensland, the Port of Abbot Point has been in continuous and safe operation for 30 years. The Port of Abbot Point is significant as one of the few locations along Queensland’s eastern seaboard with deep water (more than 15 metres) access close to shore.
In May 2011, the Queensland Government entered into a 99-year lease of the existing Abbot Point Coal Terminal 1 with Mundra Port Holdings Pty Ltd (a wholly owned Australian subsidiary within the Adani Group). The terminal is now known as the Adani Abbot Point Terminal (AAPT or T1).
Adani Abbot Point Terminal Pty Ltd (AAPTPL) manages AAPT. AAPTPL is a wholly owned Australian subsidiary of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (a listed entity in India which manages the largest privately developed port in India and forms part of the Adani Group).
The operation and maintenance is contracted to Abbot Point Bulkcoal Pty Ltd, a wholly owned Adani company.
During 30 years of operations, there have been no serious environmental incidents.
The terminal operation consists of the following key components:
Under the Port’s lease, the State retains ownership of the Port land and fixed infrastructure such as the jetty and the wharf. The North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation remains as the port authority for AAPT and is responsible for the ongoing safety, security, efficiency of and master planning for the Port.
The Port of Abbot Point commenced operation in 1984, so it has reached the 30-year mark, growing from 6.5 million tons per annum (mtpa) capacity coal port to what is currently a 50 mtpa coal export port.
In 1981 the Queensland Government approved the development of Abbot Point Coal Terminal for the export of 6.5 Mtpa of steaming and coking coal from the Collinsville and Newlands mines. At the commencement of operations Abbot Point Coal Terminal handled coal for the Collinsville and Newlands mines exclusively. Berths were developed to a depth of 19.3 metres with the adjacent approach area developed to a depth of 17.2 metres.
The Terminal was planned by Mimets Development Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Mount Isa Mines Holdings Limited) and was owned and administered by Harbours Corporation of Queensland. Harbours Corporation of Queensland became Ports Corporation of Queensland in 1994, which then became North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation in 2009. Operations were managed and controlled by Abbot Point Bulkcoal Pty Ltd.
Abbot Point Coal Terminal loaded its first export coal shipments in March 1984.
The Port of Abbot Point is located about 25km north of Bowen, in North Queensland. The AAPTPL is located between Latitude 190 52′ south and Longitude 1480 05′ east.
Port Limits
The port limits, which are defined in the regulations of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, extend from Abbot Bay (to the west) to Gloucester Head (to the southeast).
The terminal consists of a rail in-loading facility and coal handling and stockpile areas. There is a conveyor and shiploader connected to two berths.
Trains transport coal by bottom dumping wagons to a rail in-loading facility at T1 via a balloon rail loop. Once unloaded, the coal is then conveyed from the unloading facility to the stockpile area where 6 stacker/reclaimers are placed.
During shiploading operations, coal is delivered to a surge bin before being conveyed along the trestle to the wharf where it is then loaded into ships via the shiploading unit.
The Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Approval for the Terminal 1 Stormwater Return Dam Project (EPBC 2010/5561), condition 12 requires Adani Abbot Point Terminal Pty Ltd to "publish all management/monitoring plans referred to in these conditions of approval on their website" within one month of being approved.
Please see below for tables of relevant documents. These tables will be updated as documents are lodged and approved.
Condition # | Requirement | Title |
1 | Construction Environmental Management Plan | Environmental Management Plan Rev C |
2 | Water Quality Monitoring Plan | Water Quality Monitoring Plan |
2,7 | Water Quality Monitoring Reports |
2013 Annual Compliance Report 2014 Annual Compliance Report 2015 Annual Compliance Report 2016 Annual Compliance Report |
3 | Operational Environmental Management Plan | Operational Environmental Management Plan Version 11 |
7 | Annual Compliance Report |
2016 Annual Compliance Report 2017 Annual Compliance Report |
Our Projects
Adani’s vision is to be a global leader in the integrated resource, logistics and energy business through sustainable, innovative and responsible value creation. Supporting this vision is our commitment to building and operating our Australian projects to achieve long-term sustainable outcomes.
Carmichael Coal MineProject
Carmichael RailProject
Adani Abbot PointTerminal 0
The Project
Adani Australia is proud to be leading the way in opening Australia’s Galilee Basin, generating jobs for regional Queensland and stimulating Queensland’s resource-strong economy.
The Carmichael coal mine project includes building Australia’s largest thermal coal mine in the north Galilee Basin (approximately 160km north-west of Clermont in Central Queensland), which will be linked by a new 388 km standard gauge rail line to Abbot Point Port near Bowen.
The Carmichael coal mine project will be built on the world’s largest single coal tenement, with the capacity to produce up to 60Mtpa at full production. The project’s benefits will be felt locally, regionally and across Queensland, providing much-needed job opportunities and generating around $22 billion in mining taxes and royalties in the first 30 years of project operation. This money will assist in providing much needed public funding to help deliver schools, hospitals, roads and other services throughout the economy.
Over its 60-year life, the Project’s major infrastructure will not only support Adani’s operations, but also has the potential to assist the development of other proposed mines in the Galilee Basin.
The Carmichael Project is estimated to create 3,900 direct jobs during the construction of the mine and rail line. Phase one of mine operations will employ another 1,250 people. These figures are for actual employees of the Carmichael Project and do not count the thousands of indirect jobs created in the supply chain, in maintenance, and in other regional businesses expanding to service the mine.
The project is approved and underway, with 112 approvals and 12 court decisions in Adani’s favour as at February 2018. The Carmichael Project is one of the most scrutinised in Australia’s history, receiving state and federal approval after rigorous assessment.
The proposed Carmichael Mine is mostly located on the Moray Downs cattle station within the jurisdiction of Isaac Regional Council, about 160km north-west of Clermont.
The site is accessed by the Gregory Developmental Road, which runs from Clermont to Charters Towers, and then the property access road via Moray Carmichael Access Road.
The Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Approval for the Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Infrastructure Project Queensland (EPBC 2010/5736), condition 36 requires Adani Mining Pty Ltd to “publish all management plans, reports, and programs referred to in these conditions of approval on their website” within one month of being approved.
Please see below for a tables of relevant documents. These tables will be updated as documents are lodged and approved.
Condition # | Requirement | Title |
5 & 6 | Matters of National Environmental Significance management plans |
Species Management Plan - Carmichael Coal Mine and Offsite Infrastructure 20 May 2016 Species Management Plan - Carmichael Rail Network SP1 20 May 2016 |
8 to 11 |
Biodiversity Offset Strategy Note - this document has been redacted for commercially confidential reasons |
Biodiversity Offset Strategy (October 2016) |
11(k) to (p) | Great Artesian Basin Offset Strategy |
Great Artesian Basin Offset Strategy (July 2016) |
22 | Groundwater Flow Model Review, Peer Review Report |
CARMICHAEL COAL PROJECT GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL INDEPENDENT REVIEW (RE: APPROVAL CONDITIONS 22 & 23) |
Adani Mining Pty Ltd (Adani) began formal environmental assessment of the Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project (the Project) in 2010, through preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), to address both State and Federal government approval requirements.
The EIS was prepared in accordance with the bilateral agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Queensland with the objective of avoiding or mitigating potentially adverse impacts to environmental, social and economic values and enhancing positive impacts.
Public consultation for the EIS was undertaken between December 2012 and February 2013. Public consultation submissions were assessed by the Coordinator- General and Adani was instructed to prepare a Supplementary EIS (SEIS) in order to address and respond to submissions made during the public consultation of the EIS.
The SEIS was released by the Coordinator-General for public, local, State and Federal government agency consultation from November to December 2013.
Upon assessment of the SEIS, the Coordinator-General directed Adani to prepare a number of final assessment documents – Additional EIS.
At the conclusion of the EIS process, the Coordinator- General’s Evaluation Report for the Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project was issued on the 7th May 2014 and can be found here: http://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/assessments-and-approvals/carmichael-coalmine-and-rail-project.html.
Additionally, the Commonwealth Environment Minister approved the Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project on the 15th October 2015, approval documentation can be found here: http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/epbc/epbc_ap.pl?name=current_referral_detail&proposal_id=5736.
Adani is proposing to develop the Carmichael Rail Project to transport coal from the Galilee Basin to the Port of Abbot Point via a multi-user, greenfield, standard gauge rail line. The Carmichael Rail Project will provide an alternate and shorter route to Abbot Point compared to the existing narrow gauge system via Moranbah.
When constructed, the rail line will have an operational capacity of up to 100 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). The rail line is approved for coal trains up to 3.97km in length and 31,964- tonne gross weight. Our current design has been optimised for 3 diesel locomotives and 220 bottom discharge hopper wagons. This configuration will carry 23,760 tonnes of coal with a round trip completed in less than 24 hours.
The Carmichael Rail Project will provide the most cost effective transport solution to not only the Carmichael mine, but the wider Galilee Basin. The rail will be an open access infrastructure to support other coal mines, providing a growth engine for the Queensland economy.
The proposed Carmichael Rail project will be approximately 388km long, running from the proposed Carmichael Mine site 160km north-west of Clermont to the Port of Abbot Point, 25km outside Bowen.
The rail line will be a greenfield project, developing entirely new standard gauge infrastructure.
As part of Adani’s pit-to-port business strategy, the Carmichael Rail Project links the Carmichael mine with the Abbot Point port. Measuring in at 388km long, the standard gauge single rail line will support a 32.5 tonne axle load.
Here are the preliminary details of the rail network:
• Designed in line with all Australian standards and with 50 years of flood immunity
• Ultimate design capacity of 100Mtpa, with an initial Phase 1 capacity of 40Mtpa
• The final line will cross a total of 36 land parcels
• Supporting infrastructure includes passing loops for crossing purposes, as well as balloon loops at either end to load and unload coal, a rolling stock maintenance facility at the line’s northern end and a rail infrastructure maintenance facility near Gregory Development Road
• Incorporating latest signalling and communication technology with communication-based signalling in each driver’s cab, as well as Automatic Train Protection capability.
Adani has obtained all necessary approvals for the rail line, including State and Federal environmental approvals, Indigenous Land Use Agreements, Cultural Heritage Management Plans and land interest surrender agreements with landowners.
The Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Approval for the North Galilee Basin Rail Project, Abbot Point to Galilee Basin, Queensland (EPBC 2013/6885), condition 23 requires Adani Mining Pty Ltd to "publish all management plans, reports, and strategies referred to in these conditions of approval on their website" within one month of being approved.
Please see below for tables of relevant documents. These tables will be updated as documents are lodged and approved.
Condition # | Requirement | Title |
4.8.5 | Matters of National Environmental Significance management plans | Species Management Plan - Carmichael Rail Network - NGBR 20 May 2016 |
10 to 13 |
Biodiversity Offset Strategy Note - this document has been redacted for commercially confidential reasons |
Biodiversity Offset Strategy - North Galilee Basin Rail Project 10 July 2017 |
The Carmichael Rail Project was declared a coordinated project under the Queensland Government’s State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (SDPWO Act) on 14 June 2013. The Office of the Coordinator-General (OCG) issued final Terms of Reference (TOR) for the EIS on 23 August 2013.
On 27 June 2013, the Commonwealth Department of the Environment (DotE) determined the Carmichael Rail Project to be a controlled action requiring a separate parallel assessment via EIS under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). EIS Guidelines for the EIS were issued on 1 August 2013.
An EIS was prepared in accordance with final TOR and the final EIS Guidelines released for public and government agency consultation from December 2013 to February 2014.
Adani was subsequently requested to provide a formal response to all submissions received on the EIS. Adani formally lodged the Additional information to the EIS (AEIS) in April 2014.
At the conclusion of the EIS process, the Coordinator- General’s Evaluation Report for the Carmichael Rail Project was issued on the 12th August 2014 and can be found here: http://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/assessments-and-approvals/north-galilee-basin-rail-project.html.
Additionally, The Commonwealth Environment Minister approved the Carmichael Rail Project on the 15th October 2015, approval documentation can be found here: http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/epbc/epbc_ap.pl?name=current_referral_detail&proposal_id=6885.
Adani ‘s proposed T0 terminal at Abbot Point will be adjacent to the existing T1 terminal and within the existing port limits.
The construction of the T0 expansion at Abbot Point will involve the onshore construction of rail in-loading facilities, coal handling and stockpiles in areas with low environmental sensitivity. Conveyors will connect these facilities to two new ship loading berths, around 3km offshore.
The government owned NQBP would contract and manage any dredging required, strictly in accordance with all environmental and legislative requirements. Adani is responsible for the construction of the berth, loading, rail and other port facilities.
Importantly, these operations will support not only Adani’s port requirements but also development of other new infrastructure and mining opportunities as more Galilee Basin projects come online.
Adani Abbot Point Terminal Pty Ltd (Adani) is seeking to develop a new coal export terminal at the Port of Abbot Point. The proposed terminal will be located immediately adjacent to the existing coal Terminal (T1), which has been in operation since 1984. The Project, known as the Abbot Point Coal Terminal 0 (T0) Project, will provide an increase of up to 70 million tonnes per annum in the export capacity at the Port and economic benefits to the State and region.
The T0 Project EIS was approved on the 10th December 2013. For full details of the Commonwealth assessment process and conditions of approval, please follow the link: http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/epbc/epbc_ap.pl?name=current_referral_detail&proposal_id=6194.
Adani Renewables
Adani Australia aims to build a leading renewable energy business operating in Australia, with a 1500 MW portfolio of renewable power plants by 2022. Our solar projects under development are located at Rugby Run near Moranbah, and at Whyalla in South Australia. We plan to partner with our customers to provide affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions to industry and the wider community.
Adani owns and operates the world’s largest single-site solar plant in Tamil Nadu, India, which uses the latest solar technology to maximise energy output, as part of its portfolio of renewable energy plants with capacity of over 1000MW. We also own and operate a world class module manufacturing facility in Mundra, Gujarat. In Australia we will leverage this global manufacturing, technology and execution capability to deliver solutions which exceed the expectations of our customers and stakeholders.
Adani Agriculture
As a logistics and infrastructure company, Adani is perfectly placed to encourage exports and ongoing economic ties with Australia. We are building ties with the Australian agribusiness sector to open the door to India, one of the world’s largest consumer markets, for Australian growers and processors.
Our strategy will see Adani among Australia’s major agribusiness players in coming years, working with Australia’s abundant resources.
Adani has the capacity to distribute and store food, so it only makes sense that we invest in the entire agricultural supply chain. Australia’s agricultural capacity naturally caters to India’s future food needs, and we hope that our Agriculture business can be another major boost to regional Australia.
Sustainability
Adani’s vision is to be a global leader in the integrated resource, logistics and energy business through sustainable, innovative and responsible value creation.
Supporting this Vision is our commitment to building and operating our Australian projects to achieve long term sustainable outcomes.
Adani’s path towards a sustainable business will leverage from our core values, ensuring we deliver against our regulatory and company commitments, we earn, create and sustain long-term socio-economic value.
Adani has chosen to align our Sustainability Strategy against the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and we will measure and report against these indicators as our businesses develop.
Social Responsibility & Communities
Environment
Health & Safety
Adani Australia is developing a corporate partnering framework to guide our communication, engagement and partnership programs with our stakeholders.
Under this framework, we will invest in programs that create meaningful, measurable and shared value across the areas of education, health and sustainable communities.
Adani seeks to make positive contributions to the communities in which it works and recognises that proactive community relations will provide benefits for both the business and the affected community. Our focus has been on the development of social impact management strategies and a community investment framework.
Adani has developed Social Impact Management Strategies (SIMS) across five key areas to be implemented across our major project delivery:
1. Community and Stakeholder Engagement
2. Housing and Accommodation
3. Workforce Management
4. Local Business and Industry Content
5. Health and Community Wellbeing
The purpose of the SIMS is to identify the actions Adani and its contractors will take to mitigate potential social impacts, or enhance social opportunities, arising from the Project.
The SIMS are adaptive management strategies that will continue to be developed and refined as required through the annual monitoring and reporting process and in consultation with government, community and key stakeholders.
The Community & Stakeholder Engagement SIMS includes measures to ensure all Project stakeholders have access to up-to-date and accurate information about the Project, and receive timely responses to their issues and enquiries.
Regional Queensland has a long and proud history of developing and maintaining strong trading relationships with Asia. The Queensland mining community’s linkages with Japan, South Korea and China continues to provide a strong foundation for the Regional, State and Federal economy. Regional Queensland now leads the dialogue and development of the mutually beneficial relationship with India.
As the world’s fastest growing economy and second most populous nation on earth, India presents a unique opportunity for regional Queensland to further strengthen its relationships in Asia through the Adani Carmichael Project. The provision of high calorific, low sulphur and low ash coal from regional Queensland will power the continued development of India and the lifting of hundreds of millions of people out of energy poverty.
Adani is committed to giving back to regional Queensland. It is intended that a significant proportion of the capital cost of the construction of the mine and rail project as well as ongoing operational cost will be spent in regional Queensland. Through a strategy of regional engagement and inclusion, Adani intends to deliver on its goal of provision of regional employment as well as regional supply and contracting opportunities.
Adani will undertake its Australian operations in a manner, which meets our legal obligations, recognises the importance of working closely with our internal and external stakeholders, and strives to prevent environmental harm and improve our environmental performance.
We understand that our environmental performance is critical to the sustainable success of the organisation and we will implement an environmental management framework that is accessible, innovative and enduring.
Our Australian businesses operate under an Environmental Management System that is certified to AS/NZS ISO14001: 2015.
Ensuring the Health and Safety of our people is a core value in Adani.
We are committed to providing and maintaining the highest health and safety standards and working environment for all workers, visitors and members of the public that are connected with Adani Operations.
We take a proactive lead and invest in creating strong collaborative relationships with our workers, partners and stakeholders to:
• Align all of the safety practices to create a unified safety culture across our projects that enhance safety for all workers
• Foster more effective ways of working together that consistently result in ‘safe-production’ and set the benchmark for safety across our industries
• Adani Health and Safety Management Systems are certified to Australian and International Occupational Health and Safety Standards.
Indigenous Engagement
Adani Australia recognise the traditional owners of the land of which the Carmichael mine, rail and port are located, the Juru, Jangga, Birriah and Wangan and Jagalingou people. Adani is committed to creating sustainable employment and economic opportunities for Traditional Owner communities.
Adani recognises the importance of job creation and the delivery of economic benefit to regional Queensland. Through the Adani Regional Content Strategy (ARCS) program, Adani will provide employment, supply and contracting opportunities for regional workers and businesses to participate in Adani’s Carmichael Project.
The ARCS program has three key pillars:
1. Efficient Market
Identifying where the capability and capacity exists in the regional labour pool and supply chain to service the Carmichael project during both construction and operations.
2. Effective Engagement
Communicating with workers, suppliers and contractors to provide full, fair and reasonable opportunity to compete for work.
3. Enabling Partnerships
Working closely with government, councils and economic development organisations to deliver a regional content program that benefits the region now and into the future.
Adani’s employment and sourcing strategy is to source from multiple towns across the state, building a long-term partnership with regional Queensland.
Our plan is to have three distinct project regions along with multiple project and procurement sourcing centres in surrounding areas. We are committed to ensuring that regional Queensland gains economic benefit, with full, fair and reasonable opportunity to win work across our projects.
Regional sourcing for the Carmichael project will be based around the 10 regional council areas represented below, with a wider Australian local sourcing approach also incorporated.
Adani recognises the importance of supporting jobs in regional Queensland. We have partnered with the uWorkIn job portal to establish a single point of employment contact for Adani and our suppliers and contractors to connect with workers who live in regional Queensland.
This will now be the official gateway for the various job opportunities that become available within the entire Adani Australia supply chain and our host communities. Adani Australia will not be utilising any other portals, nor will we ask you to pay for training or portal registration.
Please take the time to register your details on the Adani uWorkIn database. By registering, you will be automatically notified when jobs relating to our projects become available.
Adani Australia is committed to ensuring regional communities have a full, fair and reasonable opportunity to win work across the Adani Australia mine, rail, solar and port projects.
Adani Australia will be utilising the EconomX portal for registration of suppliers. By creating a profile, you will be registering your interest in the Adani Australia supply chain, and you will automatically receive notifications of opportunities as they arise, as well as general project updates.
We strongly believe that regional content is a shared responsibility between Adani and the economic development organisations of regional Queensland.
Regional Queensland and Adani have a strong future together. Over the past seven years we have worked hard to develop relationships with regional economic development organisations, community groups, council and charities. Together we can continue to work together and build partnerships for the future, ensuring that regional Queensland ultimately benefits.
Brisbane Office
GPO Box 2569, Brisbane QLD 4001
Phone – 07 3223 4800
Townsville Regional Headquarters
PO Box 967, Townsville QLD 4810
Phone – 07 4430 6800
Carmichael Project Information
Phone – 1800 423 264
Email – [email protected]