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Five New Railway Tracks To Ease Coal Train Congestion in Hunter Valley

Trains resume operations after NSW flooding

After wild weather caused severe flooding in the Hunter Valley, coal, freight and passenger trains had to halt operations. A statement on Wednesday from the Australian Rail Track Corporation...

Anglo American to sell Hunter Valley coal mine

Anglo American has announced the sale of a Hunter Valley mine to Australian Pacific Coal Limited. The Christmas Eve announcement stated Anglo had entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with the...

Hunter Valley power station explosion injures two

Workers at a Hunter Valley power station have been offered counselling after an explosion that injured two workers last week. A 24-year-old man was taken to hospital after receiving burns to his face...

Glencore to sell Cobar copper mine

Glencore has announced the commencement of a process to sell its wholly-owned Cobar copper mine in central western New South Wales. A statement from the company said the sale is in response to...

NSW mines slapped with fines

Boggabri Coal and Whitehaven have been slapped with a number of fines by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment for environmental infringements. Boggabri received two penalty notices for...

Lithgow workers to rally for Springvale mine extension

Hundreds of mine workers and their families will rally in Lithgow on Saturday morning in support of the Springvale mine extension. CFMEU Mining and Energy Division NSW South Western District Vice...

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Australian Mining News: State By State

NEW SOUTH WALES In July, Shenhua Australia welcomed Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s approval of the $1 billion Watermark Project, subject to stringent controls under the Environment...

$3m for onshore gas industry research

The Australian Government and NSW Government will invest a total of $3 million in a strategic research alliance with CSIRO and industry to expand research on the social and environmental impacts of...

Demand For NSW Coal On the Rise

New export data shows that global demand for NSW coal has increased significantly over the last financial year, according to the NSW Minerals Council. “Coal is our State’s most valuable export...