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Regulator investigating coal burst event at Austar

THE New South Wales Resources Regulator is investigating a reported coal burst event on the longwall face at Yancoal’s Austar coal mine.

Lou Caruana
Regulator investigating coal burst event at Austar

The incident occurred at approximately 11pm on February 2 on the LWB4 longwall face, where approximately 50 tonnes of coal was reported to be ejected from the face of the Hunter-based operation.  One...

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