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North Wambo's last panel approved

PEABODY Energy has received approval to mine an additional longwall panel which will extend the life of its North Wambo mine in New South Wales by six months to the end of 2015.

Blair Price
Peabody Energy has secured approval for construction of an additional panel at its North Wambo mine.

Peabody Energy has secured approval for construction of an additional panel at its North Wambo mine.

Longwall extraction at the mine was previously expected to conclude in late June, with the recently approved new panel Longwall 10A targeting 1.9 million tonnes run of mine. “This longwall panel would...

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