UNDERGROUND

Wallarah 2 gets its mining lease

THE New South Wales government has issued a mining lease for the Wyong Areas Coal Joint Venture’s Wallarah 2 Coal Project in the central coast that aims to extract 5 million tonnes per annum of thermal coal using longwall mining methods.

 The NSW central coast area where the Wallarah 2 underground coal mine will be situated.

The NSW central coast area where the Wallarah 2 underground coal mine will be situated.

The project will be a huge boost to the NSW Central Coast region supporting more than 1000 direct and indirect jobs during construction, 300 direct jobs in the mining operation for the 28 year life of...

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