AUSTRALIAN mining billionaire and philanthropist, Andrew Forrest, has struck an informal deal with Pakistan to do away with more than two million slaves in return for a chance to convert billions of tonnes of cheap coal into much needed energy. Using Australian technology developed at Western Australia's Curtin University, Mr Forrest has signed an agreement with the Pakistani State of Punjab to test the feasibility of turning currently uneconomic lignite coal directly into diesel for use in the energy-starved region.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/andrew-forrest-strikes-cheap-coal-deal-to-end-pakistan-slavery/story-e6frg9df-1226808181875#
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