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Qld Mines Inspectorate to ensure industry learns from North Goonyella incident

THE QUEENSLAND Mines Inspectorate will conduct a thorough investigation into the nature and cause of the underground fire at Peabody Energy’s North Goonyella mine and make the results available to ensure other mines can learn from what happened.

Smoke billowing out of Peabody Energy's North Goonyella mine in Queensland.

Smoke billowing out of Peabody Energy's North Goonyella mine in Queensland.

On September 27, dark smoke was observed coming from the mine, indicating there was a fire underground, and a multi-tiered plan was implemented to extinguish the fire, including use of a GAG unit [a mobile...

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