Approval for Rio Tinto in Upper Hunter

By Peter Hannam
Updated September 22 2015 - 4:43pm, first published March 5 2015 - 1:58pm
Rio Tinto's Warkworth open-cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley.
Rio Tinto's Warkworth open-cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has scored a major victory in its bid to extend its controversial Mount Thorley-Warkworth coal mine in the Upper Hunter, with the Planning Assessment Commission recommending it proceeds.

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