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Hunter Valley landscape. Wendy Bowman (c. 1934 – 26 July 2023) was an Australian farmer and environmentalist in New South Wales who successfully campaigned to prevent Yancoal from developing coal mining in the Hunter Valley. In recognition of her efforts, she was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2017. [1] [2]
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The Mining and Energy Union (MEU) is Australia's main trade union in the coal industry, which includes mines, power stations and ports. It also covers workers in the metalliferous mining and exploration industries, as well as specific classes of workers working in the oil, gas, nuclear, chemical production and power generation industries. [ 1 ]
Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) is a multi-seam, multi-pit open cut mining operation located in the Hunter Valley, 24 kilometres (15 mi) northwest of Singleton and 110 kilometres (68 mi) from Newcastle. Production commenced at HVO in 1968 at the current West Pit, which was then part of the Howick mine.
Employment in clean energy businesses - including wind, solar, nuclear and battery storage - rose by 142,000 jobs, or 4.2% last year, up from a rise of 3.9% in 2022, the U.S. Energy and Employment ...
Nathan Tinkler (born 1 February 1976) is an Australian mining industry executive and was previously the principal shareholder of Aston Resources [1] and Whitehaven Coal. [2] He started out as a mining apprentice in the Hunter Valley, in New South Wales and set up his own business at age 26.
An empty coal train heads west through Maitland bound for the coal mines. The Hunter Valley Coal Chain (HVCC) is the chain of coal delivery in New South Wales, Australia from (mainly open-cut) coal mines in the Hunter Region to the Port of Newcastle and domestic coal-fired power stations in the Hunter Valley.
Open cut coal mine in the Hunter valley. Coal is mined in every state of Australia.The largest black coal resources occur in Queensland and New South Wales. [1] About 70% of coal mined in Australia is exported, mostly to eastern Asia, [2] and of the balance most is used in electricity generation.