ENVIRONMENT

Ashton on notice

THE New South Wales Resources Regulator issued a notice to Yancoal’s Ashton underground coal mine prohibiting all workers from entering the site’s underground workings after two methane exceedance incidents.

Lou Caruana
Ashton on notice

The incidents occurred on October 21 and 22, where methane gas levels exceeded legislated limits, and in once instance reaching 3.24%. At the time workers were not withdrawn from the mines. The mine’s...

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