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Stratford Mining Complex to process and despatch coal from Rocky Hill. The 2013 Rocky Hill Project application (the "2013 Project") was opposed by the then Gloucester Shire Council and many other local interest groups. Over 1,370 submissions from individuals opposed the 2013 project, with 327 supporting it.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED? On 8 February 2019, the NSW Land and Environment Court (Court) refused development consent for a new open cut mine near Gloucester, New South Wales. The Rocky Hill Coal Project (Project) was expected to produce 21 million tonnes of coal over a period of 19 years (including rehabilitation) and support up to 110 jobs during operation and 60 jobs during

The proposed Rocky Hill open cut coal mine at Forbesdale is only 900... Read More. what''''s at stake Groundswell Gloucester. The beautiful Gloucester Valley is under threat from coal and gas mining. Gloucester is ... A new open cut coal mine has been proposed by GRL at Rocky Hill.

Feb 07, 2019· A judge has rejected the Rocky Hill coal mine at scenic Gloucester Valley in the Upper Hunter because of its ''visual and social impacts''. Photograph: .

Feb 08, 2019· The controversial Rocky Hill coal mine near Gloucester will not be built following a landmark ruling in the Land and Environment Court. The court dismissed an appeal by Gloucester Resources, which ...

The Rocky Hill thermal coal mine planned for NSWs Hunter Valley has been rejected due to the dire consequences of climate change following a landmark ruling in the states Land and Environment Court.

Feb 11, 2019· The Rocky Hill decision was a "fantastic shot in the arm for us", said Phill Kennedy, a farmer who lives in the Bylong Valley. ... as well as the argument that if coal was not dug up and ...

Feb 08, 2019· Chief judge Brian Preston''s decision to stop the mine on climate change fears will reverberate around the coalmining districts of the nation. ... Gloucester Resources'' proposed Rocky Hill .

The Rocky Hill Coal Project will not proceed. The Project was the result of extensive exploration, geological modelling, mine planning and environmental studies of the Site and surrounding areas.. Below is an outline of the Government process being followed by GRL in seeking approval for the Project.

Jul 16, 2019· Rocky Hill is a small open cut project planned in the Gloucester Basin in New South Wales. The project, being proposed by AMCI is targeting export of semihard, high fluidity coking coal.

Over the past decade, coal companies have been buying off land in Gloucester, fragmenting communities and pushing local residents out to make way for the proposed Rocky Hill Mine. Now that a landmark court case has terminated the mine''s future, social impact experts Dr Hedda Askland and Dr Rebecca Lawrence say that the fight is [.]

mining coal on a rocky hill Rocky Hill Coal Project » Project Status. The Rocky Hill Coal Project is the result of extensive exploration, geological modelling,mine .

NSW Land and Environment Court refuses development approval for Rocky Hill Coal Mine Project on climate change grounds. 13 February 2019. The NSW Land and Environment Court (Court) has refused development consent for the Rocky Hill Coal Project in the Gloucester Valley, citing the mine''s likely contribution to climate change as a key reason.

Ultimately, the court concludes that the Rocky Hill coalmine is in the "wrong place at the wrong time." The "wrong place" because of its impact on the Gloucester Valley. And the "wrong time" because the mine will increase global greenhouse gas emissions "at a time when what is now urgently needed . is a rapid and deep decrease ...

The decision involved an appeal by a mining company, Gloucester Resources Limited (GRL), against refusal in 2017 by the NSW Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) of an application for a coal mine at Rocky Hill in the Gloucester Valley of NSW. The mine was known as the "Rocky Hill Mine Project".

May 17, 2019· The ruling by the NSW Land and Environment Court on February 8 to reject the Rocky Hill coalmine outside Gloucester is being felt beyond its local community and will have implications for human rights as well as climate change policy. According to Lock the Gate Alliance: "Mining company KEPCO''s new submission to the Independent Planning Commission on its proposed Bylong Valley

Proposed Project Overview The Rocky Hill Coal Project is a comparatively small, modern open cut mining proposal that, if approved, will bring jobs and other economic benefits to the people of the Gloucester area. The Project will involve mining of up to 2 Mtpa of RunofMine (ROM) coal.

Landmark Rocky Hill ruling could pave the way for more courts to choose climate over coal ... the GHG emissions of the coal mine and its coal product will increase global total concentrations of ...

A three week hearing in August 2018 canvassed whether or not the proposed Rocky Hill Coal Mine should be built in Gloucester, a town of about 3,000 people inland on the Mid North Coast of New ...

READ MORE: Gloucester''s controversial Rocky Hill coking coal mine hears Australiafirst climate change evidence Gloucester residents tell Land and Environment Court that the Rocky Hill mine will destroy their community When fully operational thenbsp;mine would have contributed million tonnes of carbondioxide emissions.

The ruling against the Rocky Hill open cut coal mine in NSW attracted a lot of attention for the role climate change played in the decision. But that wasn''t the only reason it got rejected – the verdict also represents a landmark legal decision for Aboriginal communities when it comes to protecting sacred lands from mining interests.

He dismissed an appeal by developers of the controversial Rocky Hill opencut coal mine near the Mid North Coast town of Gloucester against any earlier planning rejection.

Dec 18, 2017· GLOUCESTER residents are celebrating a NSW commission''s rejection of the controversial Rocky Hill coal mine, but say the yearslong battle is not over yet. Gloucester Groundswell has 4500 signatures for a petition to NSW parliament calling on the Berejiklian Government to rescind or buy back the Rocky Hill licence, after the company backing ...

The Coal Council of Australia (CCA) has condemned the New South Wales Land and Environment Court''s decision to refuse Gloucester Resources'' appeal over the Rocky Hill mine development.
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