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MRT sends in the drones

MINERAL Resources Tasmania has sent drones to the old Merrywood coal mine for ongoing landslide monitoring after a substantial ground displacement was discovered in October.

 Comparison of photogrammetry from November 2022 (left) to March 2023 (right)

Comparison of photogrammetry from November 2022 (left) to March 2023 (right)

The landslide was due to a large rainfall event. The open cut mine near Avoca first opened in 1951. The black coal produced at Merrywood was crushed at the Australian paper pulp mill and trucked...

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