Adani drops $600m claim against Queensland activist and seeks $17m instead

Environmental activist Ben Pennings is fighting a $17m claim from Adani, after the mining giant earlier sought $600m. Photograph: Cheryl Goodenough/AAP

Mining giant Adani has revealed it was seeking to claim more than $600m in damages from an environmental activist, a figure it has now dropped from its civil case against Ben Pennings.

Adani claims Pennings, as the national spokesperson of the group Galilee Blockade, sought to disrupt the operations of the Carmichael coalmine, its suppliers and contractors.