THE New South Wales government will modify consent conditions of an Upper Hunter coal mine regardless of environmental concerns.
25/09/2008
THE NEW South Wales Department of Planning says it is still deciding on wether or not to allow Duralie Coal pump open-cut coal mine water into the Karuah River tributary.
05/03/2009
GREAT Lakes Council is opposing requests to release mine water into a creek in New South Wales.
05/09/2008
APEX Energy has lodged its plans to explore the Illawarra escarpment for methane gas found in coal seams with the New South Wales Department of Planning.
07/04/2009
FELIX Resources has announced that it has commenced a water study at its Moolarben coal mine which is part of the conditions of approval of stage 1, imposed by the Department of Planning (DOP).
30/06/2009
THE NSW Government has given Illawarra Coal the go-ahead to expand the Dendrobium Coal Mine despite environmental concerns.
07/01/2009
THE DURALIE Coal Mine is still waiting for the NSW government to clarify whether it can discharge waste waster in Mammy Johnson’s River under its current licence conditions.
15/10/2008
TWO new coal mining projects have been given the go-ahead by the NSW State Government.
13/11/2008
THE SOUTH Australian Government is planning to offer up to 30,000 jobs in the mining industry each year to Filipinos with Australian work visas.
27/02/2009
PEABODY Energy Australia has modified its application to the New South Wales Planning Department to include a 480-megalitre dam at the Wambo mine.
01/07/2009
THE NEW South Wales Planning Minister Kristina Keneally’s decision to allow Peabody Energy to conduct long wall coal mining underneath Woronora Dam has caused controversy.
30/07/2009
THE NSW Greens are criticising a Government decision to allow BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal to mine under Sydney’s water catchment.
08/01/2009
CENTENNIAL Coal says that recent technical studies showing that the Olstan auger mine project in the City of Lake Maquarie, New South Wales will not be economically viable are behind its decision to withdraw from the project application.
20/07/2009
THE NSW Greens are contesting calls from the Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) to lift a coal truck curfew in Wollongong.
20/01/2009
BHP ILLAWARRA Coal has lodged plans to extend its mining operations west of the Illawarra Escarpment in New South Wales.
03/09/2008
BHP ILLAWARRA Coal has lodged plans to extend its mining operations west of the Illawarra Escarpment in New South Wales.
03/09/2008
GREENPOWER Energy has signed a Farm-In Agreement allowing Regal Resources to establish an underground coal to liquids process at Greenpower’s Exploration Licence 4860.
20/10/2009
GUJARAT NRE has submitted plans to intensify its mining operations three-fold which could affect Sydney's drinking water supply in and around the historic Cataract Dam.
11/06/2009
The Hunter Valley Research Foundation (HVRF) has predicted the proposed Bickham coal mine could employ nearly three times as many full time staff as previously estimated.
18/03/2010
BUSINESS and corporate advisory group BDO Kendalls says that many coal mining companies are unaware of a legislative time bomb that could cost businesses up to $200,000.
04/08/2009