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Moolarben planning to get bigger

YANCOAL is seeking to expand its Moolarben coal complex in New South Wales by extending its open pit mining operations immediately south of the approved OC3 pit.

 The extended and new pits will be within existing mining and exploration tenements.

The extended and new pits will be within existing mining and exploration tenements.

The company plans to develop four pits to the east and southeast of the approved OC3 mining area and mine 40 million tonnes of thermal coal. Those pits will not increase the approved time life or mining...

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