SYDNEY: Indian mining giant Adani on Tuesday said it will start work on a huge US$16 billion coal project that environmentalists warn will damage Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Billionaire chairman Gautam Adani said in Townsville that the board had made its “final investment decision” which marked the “official start” of the Carmichael coal mine, destined to be one of the world’s largest.

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