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Middlemount Southern Extension gets federal approval

Clears the way for the Peabody-Yancoal JV to access another 24Mt of RoM coal

Noel Dyson
The Middlemount mine's life has been extended to 2053.

The Middlemount mine's life has been extended to 2053. | Credits: Middlemount Coal

Federal environment minister Murray Watt has given the long awaited greenlight to the Middlemount Southern Extension in Queensland's Bowen Basin, extending its operations to 2053. Middlemount, owned...

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