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NSW's biggest coal mine to close in 2030. Now what about the workers?

  • Written by Liam Phelan, Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
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The clock is now ticking on New South Wales’ largest coal mine. BHP has announced it will close its Mount Arthur mine in the Hunter Valley in 2030 – 15 years ahead of its scheduled end of life.

This decision comes after two years attempting to sell the mine, in keeping with BHP’s strategy to divest itself of thermal...

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