NSW removes barrier for Shenhua to start mine construction

Mike Foley
Updated January 9 2019 - 3:58pm, first published 2:56pm
Local farmers are fighting the Shenhua coal project on the Liverpool Plains, which sits amid some of Australia's most productive farmland.
Local farmers are fighting the Shenhua coal project on the Liverpool Plains, which sits amid some of Australia's most productive farmland.

NSW Government has altered the strict requirements for a detailed investigation of Shenhua’s Watermark coal mine’s impacts to groundwater and vegetation.

Mike Foley

Mike Foley

National rural reporter

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