October 6, 2021 - The Federal Government has approved Glencore’s proposed expansion of the Mangoola coal mine in New South Wales.
As part of the proposed plan, the company will look to extend the existing Mangoola open cut mine with the establishment of a new open cut coal pit, located to the north of the existing operation.
The expansion will see the existing mine life of Mangoola extended until December 2030, with the new open cut mine expected to deliver eight years of life if mining is commenced in 2022.
Extending Mangoola’s footprint by an approximate 623 hectares, the mine extension will look to extract an additional 52 million tonnes of coal.
The Mangoola extension was approved by the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission (IPC) in April 2021. |