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Whitehaven seeking to extend Maules Creek to 2043

WHITEHAVEN Coal is preparing a State Significant Development application to seek approval for the continuation of the Maules Creek Coal Mine in New South Wales within the existing mining tenement until 2043.

 The application will enable increased flexibility in the mining and recovery of high-quality coal resources at Maules Creek..

The application will enable increased flexibility in the mining and recovery of high-quality coal resources at Maules Creek..

MCCM was originally approved in 2013 to operate under a standard 21-year mine lease with an annual production limit of 13 million tonnes per annum of run-of-mine coal. The mine has coal reserves to...

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