It's official: Shenhua's Breeza coal mine plan extinguished

John Ellicott
Updated April 21 2021 - 2:04pm, first published 1:00pm
Hopefully we can get on with farming without worrying about our groundwater supplies, says Breeza farmer John Hamparsum, after the Shenhua coal mine project buyout was announced. Photo by Peter Hardin.
Hopefully we can get on with farming without worrying about our groundwater supplies, says Breeza farmer John Hamparsum, after the Shenhua coal mine project buyout was announced. Photo by Peter Hardin.

The 15-year battle forged by farmers on the Liverpool Plains to stop Shenhua's open-cut coal mine is finally over after the NSW Government announced on Wednesday it will buy out the Watermark mining lease for $100 million.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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