ENVIRONMENT

Dartbrook hits legal hitch over mining in the Piercefield seam

AUSTRALIAN Pacific Coal has hit yet another legal snag in its attempts to revive underground mining at the Dartbrook underground coal mine in New South Wales over a five-year period.

Under its proposed Modification 7 AusPac wants to extend the approval to mine at the Dartbrook underground to five years.

Under its proposed Modification 7 AusPac wants to extend the approval to mine at the Dartbrook underground to five years.

The NSW Land and Environment Court has advised the company and the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association - which has been seeking to block the development of the mine in the courts - that it considers...

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