ENVIRONMENT

IPC approves Dartbrook bord-and-pillar modification

THE NEW South Wales Independent Planning Commission has approved Australian Pacific Coal’s currently mothballed Dartbrook underground coal to resume operations using bord-and-pillar methods for the next three years.

 Dartbrook in the NSW's Hunter Valley.

Dartbrook in the NSW's Hunter Valley.

However, it has refused a five-year extension of the mine, which is situated near Aberdeen in the Hunter Valley. The Department of Planning had recommended approval of the extension in its advice to...

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