Waking up at Leard's Forest

Right next to Boggabri Coal and this is what they want to do to Leard's Forest where Murray Dreshler has been protecting for over 14 months continuously.   I was confused with Leards Forest and Pilliga Forest but they are both under serious threat from mining.

We came to find out information on the Pilliga issue so we could go home and be effective.

Boggabri Coal

This is the  Whitehaven Coal Limited Mines in this area.

A publicly listed mining company Whitehaven Coal Limited is currently developing and operating coal projects in the Gunnedah Region of New South Wales and exploring other opportunities. The Group operates five open cut mines, Canyon (formerly Whitehaven), Tarrawonga, Werris Creek, Rocglen (formerly Belmont) and Sunnyside and is developing the Narrabri North underground mine.

The Canyon (formerly Whitehaven) open cut mine is located 15 km east of Boggabri. Annual production is up to 1 million tonnes, all of which is exported. The Tarrawonga open cut mine commenced production in 2006. The mine is located 16 km north-east of Boggabri. Mining is by truck and excavator method to produce up to 1.5 million tonnes of export coal per year.

The Werris Creek open cut mine is located 4 km south of Werris Creek on the Quirindi road. Werris Creek is mined using truck and excavator producing up to 1.5 million tonnes per annum as raw coal for the export market. The Rocglen mine (formerly Belmont Project) is located 28 km north of Gunnedah on the Wean road the Rocglen open cut mine commenced coal production in late 2008. Using truck and excavator method up to 1.5 million tonnes per annum of coal will be trucked 30 km by road to Gunnedah CHPP for washing & loading then transport by rail to the Port of Newcastle.

The Narrabri North underground mine is located between Boggabri and Narrabri within Mining Lease 1609.
Initial production using continuous miners will be 1.5 million tonnes per year. Coal production commenced on 28 June 2010 with the train to be loaded for export to Newcastle port around end July 2010. Initial production would be raw coal as Coal Washery needs to be build, which is Stage 2 of the project.

The Sunnyside open cut coal mine is located 15 km west of Gunnedah and will produce up to 1 million tonnes per year of raw coal for the export market. Coal production commenced in late 2008.

Leard's State Forest

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