An Indian activist wants to meet with the NSW resources minister to convince him the operators of two Wollongong collieries are not fit and proper to hold mining rights.
Goldman Environmental Prize winner Ramesh Agrawal says minister Anthony Roberts should be concerned about the operations of Wollongong Coal, due to corruption and environmental allegations levelled in India at parent company Jindal Steel and Power, and its chairman Naveen Jindal.
"I'm going to convince him that this person (Mr Jindal) should not be allowed here," Mr Agrawal told AAP on Tuesday. "If the mines go to the wrong hands than the impacts can be many-fold."
Mr Agrawal became well known for organising villagers against a coalmine in Chattisgarh, before being shot in the leg by gunmen who broke into his shop.
Reports linking his alleged attackers to the Indian company are among the documents he will hand the department, he says.
Wollongong Coal owns the Wongawilli and Russell Vale collieries, and has caused concerns a planned underground expansion at the second site could impact on Sydney's drinking water supply.
Lock the Gate's Nic Clyde called on Mr Roberts to promise Wollongong Coal's mining rights would be stripped if Mr Jindal was found guilty of Indian corruption charges.
"If not ... then what does it take, minister?" he asked.
A spokesman for the minister said he would not be answering "hypotheticals" about the Indian proceedings.
But Mr Roberts has previously told Lock the Gate he'll be keeping an eye on Mr Jindal's proceedings.
He says a company may be deemed unfit due to the conduct of a related party.
"But this will not always be the case," he said.
The "fit and proper person test" was introduced after ICAC found former Labor mining minister Ian Macdonald and businessman Eddie Obeid had acted corruptly in dealings with a different mine.
Wollongong Coal said it would not be commenting on Mr Agrawal's visit.
