After an exhaustive assessment the Australian Minister for the Environment Ms Sussan Ley has approved the Russell Vale Colliery Underground Expansion Project under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act1999. The approval is subject to a rigorous set of environmental conditions that Wollongong Coal will ensure are complied with in undertaking this important project. Wollongong Coal is now able to continue the long history of successful mining in this region and to continue to deliver to the community economic benefits that such a project brings.Wollongong Coal sought approval to extract up to 3.7-million tonnes of coal over five years using bord-and-pillar mining at the Russell Vale Colliery. It’s projected the Russell Vale Underground Expansion Project will deliver a net economic benefit to the state of up to $174 million and create ongoing employment for 205 people.In addition to complying with the rigorous set of environmental conditions for the Project Wollongong Coal has made a number of significant commitments to reducing carbon emissions and offsetting Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 4% per annum cumulative commencing 2021 with the intent of being carbon neutral by 2050.To ensure these commitments are met Wollongong Coal is hiring a greenhouse and sustainability expert to develop a Sustainability and Net Zero by 2050 plan within six months of this Approval.
After an exhaustive assessment the Australian Minister for the Environment Ms Sussan Ley has approved the Russell Vale Colliery Underground Expansion Project under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act1999. The approval is subject to a rigorous set of environmental conditions that Wollongong Coal will ensure are complied with in undertaking this important project. Wollongong Coal is now able to continue the long history of successful mining in this region and to continue to deliver to the community economic benefits that such a project brings.Wollongong Coal sought approval to extract up to 3.7-million tonnes of coal over five years using bord-and-pillar mining at the Russell Vale Colliery. It’s projected the Russell Vale Underground Expansion Project will deliver a net economic benefit to the state of up to $174 million and create ongoing employment for 205 people.In addition to complying with the rigorous set of environmental conditions for the Project Wollongong Coal has made a number of significant commitments to reducing carbon emissions and offsetting Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 4% per annum cumulative commencing 2021 with the intent of being carbon neutral by 2050.To ensure these commitments are met Wollongong Coal is hiring a greenhouse and sustainability expert to develop a Sustainability and Net Zero by 2050 plan within six months of this Approval.
