ENVIRONMENT

Drilling rig collapses at Wambo North

THE New South Wales Resources Regulator will lead a causal investigation into an incident at Peabody Energy’s Wambo North underground coal mine, where a drilling platform and rig collapsed into a vertical shaft as it was being drilled.

 Peabody Energy's Wambo mine in NSW.

Peabody Energy's Wambo mine in NSW.

On May 3, a vertical shaft intended to be used for ventilation purposes was being bored from the surface. As the cutting head neared a bulkhead constructed in the underground workings to contain the...

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