Concern for the Hunter River is growing as locals and environmentalists fear continued expansion of coal mines located upstream will “kill” the estuary. Alex Heber reports.
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Mining uncertainty flowing into manufacturing sector
The mining industry’s instability has flowed onto engineering and manufacturing sectors causing job losses in small and medium enterprises.
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Xstrata expansion will create 150 new coal jobs
Ramping up production at Xstrata’s Mangoola coal mine by almost 30 per cent to 13.5 million tonnes of coal a year will create an estimated 150 new jobs.
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Hunter Valley dam plans gain support
The New South Wales Department of Planning and Infrastructure has recommended Wambo mine’s proposal to build a new water storage facility be approved.
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Hunter Valley infrastructure woes threaten coal industry
An inadequate sewer system in the Upper Hunter threatens to halt the expansion of Anglo American Coal’s Drayton mine.
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Coal seam gas issue captured by Hollywood
The controversial topic that is coal seam gas has been picked up by Hollywood and if the Greens have their way the movie will be shown in Hunter Valley cinemas shortly.
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Hunter mines fatality free for 2012
New South Wales' Hunter Valley has had one of its best years, recording zero fatalities in 2012.
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Sandvik announces final redundancies at Heatherbrae site
Sandvik Mining, a global supplier of equipment and tools, has finalised the last nine of its redundancies at its Hunter Valley Site.
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Hunter health fears over dust levels
Community groups in the Hunter Valley will start to independently monitor air quality along the Hunter coal corridor to assess levels of pollution.
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Mining downturn good news for housing in Hunter Valley
Renters and buyers are said to be benefiting from the mining downturn in the Hunter Valley as more properties hit the market.
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Sandvik slashes jobs at manufacturing facility
Sandvik has cut jobs at its Heatherbrae manufacturing and support facility eight months after opening the site, and will shut its Rocklea operations.
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Coal and Allied cut jobs at Hunter Valley mine
Bengalla coal mine in the Hunter Valley has laid off more than a dozen workers as a result of increasing costs and a strong Australian dollar.
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Loaded coal train derails
A fully laden coal train has derailed in New England, on its way to Newcastle.
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Hunter mine fined over dust
Rio Tinto's Mt Thorley Warkworth coal mine has been fined by the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure after excessive dust was found to be leaving the site.
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Conservationists blame miners for roadkill
Animal carers in the Hunter Valley are blaming increased traffic from the mining industry for a spike in the amount of roadkill in the region.
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Integra Coal fined $84,000 for illegal waste dumping in Hunter Valley
Integra Coal has been fined for dumping excessive levels of waste at its mine in the Hunter Valley.
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Mine forced to stop operations to cut dust
A Hunter Valley mine says it has been forced to halt operations on a daily basis to avoid producing excess dust.
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Group in Hunter want radiation-style alerts
A group in the Hunter Valley want dust-level alerts to be issued in the same way as nuclear radiation alerts.
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False high dust reading caused by power loss
A power outage has caused a false hazardous dust-particle reading in the Upper Hunter’s air quality monitoring network.
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Mines to shutdown over Christmas
Yancoal announced it will close two mines in the Hunter Valley over the festive period as the company tries to save money amid falling coal prices.
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