Adani loses engineering firm
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has called on the industry not to give in to intimidation from activists, after engineering firm Aurecon ended its two-decade business relationship with Indian major Adani.
A spokesperson for Adani on Wednesday said that Aurecon notified the company that it would finalise its working association with Adani, despite there being no commercial issues or disputes between the two companies.
“There has been a concentrated campaign by extremists against our Carmichael project and businesses that partner with us. It has not succeeded, and construction of the Carmichael project is well and truly under way,” the spokesperson said, adding that Adani was already in conversation with other businesses to take up Aurecon’s portfolio of work.
“We have repeatedly demonstrated that we will not be intimidated or deterred from delivering on our promises to Queenslanders, Australians and the people in developing nations who desperately need affordable energy to help lift them out of poverty.
“We are incredibly proud of our Australian businesses that have delivered thousands of jobs and more than A$3.6-billion into the Australian economy in the short space of nine years.”
QRC CEO Ian Macfarlane on Wednesday said that regional Queenslanders would be the ones who missed out on jobs as a result.
“All businesses and CEOs should stand up to defend the opportunities in our resources sector.
“The resources sector is one of Queensland’s biggest employers. It supports more than 315 000 jobs, and over 262 000 of those jobs are in associated businesses and industries. The majority of those supporting jobs are in regional Queensland.
“So it’s disappointing to see any business give in to bullying tactics from activists, many of who are acting illegally to disrupt lives and businesses,” Macfarlane said.
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