Xstrata Coal's Wandoan Coal Project received conditional environmental approval from the Federal Government in March 2011.

The environmental approval follows consideration of the project’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Supplementary EIS, and the Queensland Coordinator-General’s report for the Wandoan Coal Project by the Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

The approval is conditional on Xstrata Coal implementing measures to protect biodiversity and will allow Xstrata Coal to proceed with the final stage of the Mining Lease application. Read more about the Federal Government environmental approval in Xstrata Coal's media release.

The Wandoan Coal Project received environmental approval from the Queensland Government in accordance with the conditions in the Coordinator-General's Report for the Project in November 2010.

For more information:

Download a summary of the Coordinator-General's report
Download the EIS and Supplementary EIS
See our fact sheet 'About the Project approval process'

The approval process: