(EnergyAsia, December 10 2010, Friday) — The A$3 billion Wandoan Coal Project, involving a open-cut thermal coal mine in Australia’s Surat Basin was given conditional approval by the independent Coordinator-General (CG), according to Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, Stirling Hinchliffe. (US$1.00=A$1.03) The project’s proponent and developer is the Wandoan Joint Venture (WJV) comprising operator Xstrata…