A MINERALS research institute relied on by state and federal governments to assess contentious coal-seam gas developments in Queensland has received substantial funding at the same time from industry without fully disclosing these sources.
Since 2007, the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute has received 60 per cent to 80 per cent of its funding from industry. Funding sources obtained by the HES show that about half of it came from four big companies, Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata, in the three years to 2010.
The Australian
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