Here’s what’s making news in Western Queensland today.
Hancock Coal goes into liquidation
A company previously looking to develop an open-cut coalmine 50 kilometres north of Alpha has gone into liquidation.
Hancock Coal had planned to build the mine to export 30 million tonnes of thermal coal annually, for 30 years.
The project spent several years in court amid objections from landholders and environmental groups over groundwater concerns.
Though approved, the project had not progressed in recent years.
Liquidators were appointed on Tuesday.
The company is majority owned by Indian-based business GVK Natural Resources, with mining magnate Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Energy also a shareholder.
However, Hancock Prospecting said the venture had been…