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New Hope warns Qld enviro Bill risks A$900m coal mine expansion

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Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia
 
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Coal miner New Hope has warned that it will likely start redundancies at its Acland mine, in Queensland, if the state Parliament passes new environmental legislation that risks a A$900-million expansion of the mine. In a letter to Queensland MPs, New Hope MD Shane Stephan said that the Environmental Protection (Underground Water Management) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill, in its current form, posed a risk to the expansion of the Acland mine.
 
 
 
 
 

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