Shenhua Watermark plans: six-month deadline for coal mine kicks Shenhua into action

Jamieson Murphy
January 14 2020 - 5:00am
DEADLINE: The proposed Watermark coal mine has six months to get mining licence until the state government can use a clause to cancel the project.
DEADLINE: The proposed Watermark coal mine has six months to get mining licence until the state government can use a clause to cancel the project.

SHENHUA has six months to finish a number of environmental studies and apply for a mining licence, before a clause is triggered allowing the state government to cancel its proposed Liverpool Plains coal mine.

Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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