ENVIRONMENT

Vickery extension project final hearings begin

THE final Independent Planning Commission’s public hearings into Whitehaven Coal’s proposed Vickery extension project in northern New South Wales have started as the company seeks to ramp up production through brownfields expansion.

The Vickery extension proposal builds upon an already approved mine, on a site that has already been extensively and safely mined over many years.

The Vickery extension proposal builds upon an already approved mine, on a site that has already been extensively and safely mined over many years.

The proposal builds upon an already approved mine, on a site that has already been extensively and safely mined over many years. The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment said the project...

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