Land, life and labour in the sace zone: The socio …

The NSW Hunter Valley is often characterised as "Australia's major coal exporting region" (Evans and Phelan, 2016, 330), with a history of coal mining dating back to the 19th century (Connor, 2016 ...

Dartbrook is once again producing coal

Dartbrook producing coal once more. The Dartbrook mine, in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, has produced coal for the first time since the mine was …

GEOLOGY AND COAL MINING IN THE HUNTER …

GEOLOGY AND COAL MINING IN THE HUNTER VALLEY, 1791 - 1861 Discovery of coal near Newcastle The first recorded coal discovery by white men in Australia is mentioned in the journals of Bligh and Tobin and refers to the find made on the banks of a small creek about thirty six hours sail north of Port Jackson on 30 March, ...

Hunter Renewal

While the region has undergone significant structural change over the past three decades, it now faces another major adjustment as economies lower emissions and reduce their requirements for coal. Across the Hunter, 17 …

Dartbrook coal mine in NSW returns to production after 18 …

The Dartbrook JV comprises AQC with an 80% stake and Tetra Resources with a 20% interest. M-Resources will secure a 10% indirect economic interest in the JV …

Mining in the hunter valley: the black star

Bulga Coal was the biggest landholding operation in the Hunter Valley, and produced about 12mtpa of semisoft coking coal and thermal coal making it a tier one …

Is coal mining causing the 'earthquake swarm' hitting NSW's …

Yesterday's 4.5-magnitude earthquake at Muswellbrook, in the New South Wales Upper Hunter, was the latest in a series of moderate-sized events near the town in just over a fortnight. A 4.7 ...

Open-cut coal mining in Australia's Hunter Valley: …

The economic implications of open-cut coal mining in the Hunter Valley Coal mining has developed in the Hunter Valley to provide a critical energy supply to Australia and other coal-dependent economies, particularly in Asia. While coal is fundamental to the current structure of Australia's domestic energy requirements, it is also crucial to ...

Hero of the Hunter Valley

A VENERABLE coal mine in NSW's famous Hunter Valley region is in the process of seeking to continue its operations after first commencing operations back in 1949. ... In 1979 the Hunter Valley site, which is part of HVO North began mining under Coal & Allied. The company was founded in 1960 before being later purchased by …

United Wambo Open Cut Coal Mine, Hunter Valley, …

The United Wambo open-cut coal mine is a major coal mining project located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. It is a joint venture project by Grencore and Peabody Energy to integrate the existing open-cut operations at the Wambo coal mine with a new open-cut mine at the adjacent United coal mine that …

Coal mining in Australia: expansions and new projects in an …

From January to August 2023, combined coal sales for the largest six mines in NSW grew by more than 20%. Bengalla, Hunter Valley Operations, Moolarben OC, Mt Arthur Coal, Mt Thorley Warkworth and Wilpinjong are all open-cut mines that produce thermal coal – but why opt to enlarge rather than take on new assets?

Introduction The economic implications of open-cut …

OPEN-CUT COAL MINING IN AUSTRALIA'S HUNTER VALLEY: SUSTAINABILITY AND THE INDUSTRY'S ECONOMIC, ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS Drew Cottle Senior Lecturer School of Humanities and Communication Arts University of Western Sydney This article questions the sustainability of open-cut coal mining in the Hunter …

coal mining jobs in Hunter Valley NSW

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due …

Hunter Renewal

Transforming Mining Land in the Hunter Valley The Hunter is Australia's largest regional economy, with strong foundations in mining, agriculture, defence and broad-based services. While the region has undergone …

J. & A. Brown

Papers and newsclippings relating to early history of coal mining in Hunter Region; J & A Brown, Minmi; Mr Harold Greenway; Brambles; Mr A E Shaw; Coal and Allied; Mr E F Hewett and a xerox copy of The Coal Mines of Newcastle, NSW – Their Rise and Progress by G H Kingswell, 1890, 1890 – 1973. ... Hunter Valley Coal Mines, Coal …

Valuing the environmental, cultural and social impacts of open-cut coal

Gillespie and Bennett (2012) conducted a similar CBA in the Hunter Valley, a coal mining area in New South Wales, Australia. They concluded that "the present value of the benefits of continued ...

Australian Pacific produces first coal in 17 years at Dartbrook …

The mine, in the Hunter Valley region, was placed on care and maintenance in late 2006 because of operational difficulties and lower coal prices.

Hunter valley mining Jobs in Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter …

Find your ideal job at SEEK with 185 Hunter Valley Mining jobs found in Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter NSW. View all our Hunter Valley Mining vacancies now with new jobs added daily! ... Mine services opportunity at a large open cut coal mine, located in the Hunter Valley. 3d ago. Be an early applicant. Listed four days ago. Civil Project …

The Geology and the Changing Landscape of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley

The following two diagrams from Branagan's Geology and Coal Mining in the Hunter Valley 1791 – 1861 provide further detail regarding Newcastle's early coalmines and coal industry: The following two diagrams from A.A. Atkinson's 1902 Geological Survey of New South Wales – Working coal under the River Hunter, the Pacific Ocean and its ...

Australia's Hunter Valley coal's health bill more than …

A 2014 report for the NSW Minerals Council estimated Hunter coal contributes in total $6.3 billion annually to the state's economy, or almost half of the total mining industry's output in the ...

The facts on HVO's proposal to continue mining – Hunter Valley …

The facts on HVO's proposal to continue mining. This opinion piece by HVO General Manager Dave Foster was published in the Newcastle Herald on July 2. I am the general manager of the Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) coal …

Dartbrook coal mine in NSW returns to production after 18 …

The Dartbrook mine will initially use only the dry plant facilities. Credit: Анатолий Стафичук from Pixabay. Australian Pacific Coal (AQC) and its joint venture (JV) partner Tetra Resources have produced coal to the surface stockpile at Dartbrook coal mine in the Hunter Valley in New ...

Open-cut coal mining in Australia's Hunter Valley: …

This article questions the sustainability of open-cut coal mining in the Hunter Valley region of Australia. The issue of sustainability is examined in relation to the economic, ecological and social implications of the Hunter Valley's open-cut coal mining industry. The article demonstrates that critical social and ecological ramifications have …

Mt Arthur, New South Wales | BHP

The Mt Arthur Coal open-cut energy coal mine is located five kilometres south of Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales adjacent to the traditional lands of the Wanaruah people. The mine employs around …

Hunter Valley Operations

Mining and production. Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) is a multi-pit open cut mine, using a dragline truck and shovel method. The operation's employees work in shifts to keep the mine operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ... In 2000 Coal & Allied merged the Howick and Hunter Valley mines to create HVO. The Lemington mine, which began ...

Coal and Community : People and Place

This exciting project was made possible by a grant from the Coal & Allied Community Development Fund. It celebrates and commemorates the lives of the people of the coal mining communities in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia, and shows the close links between the people and the places in which they lived and worked. Read …

Coal Mines Close: Community Blueprint to Sustain Hunter Valley

It could work alongside the already proposed Hunter Valley Transition Authority. The community suggested increasing coal-mining royalties to pay for this co-ordinated work. Mining companies would then be the ones that foot the clean-up bill. In NSW, the royalty rate for open-cut coal is just 8.2% of the resale value. That's too low …

Valuing the environmental, cultural and social impacts of open-cut coal

Valuing the environmental, cultural and social impacts of open-cut coal mining in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia. / Gillespie, Robert; Bennett, Jeff. In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2012, p. 276-288.

Hunter Valley Operations

Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) is a large-scale open cut operation that produces some of the highest quality thermal and semi-soft metallurgical coal in the world. It is a joint venture between Yancoal (51%) and …

Hunter Valley

A research report has spotlighted the health risks of coal dust for people and communities living in the Hunter Valley. The Hunter region has the highest concentration of coal mining and coal burning in close proximity to population centres and farmland in Australia, and approximately 16% of the Upper Hunter Valley is covered by open-cut coal mines.