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Rocky Hill coal project
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.
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The mining company Gloucester Resources Limited GRL began its investigative and exploratory work for the proposed Rocky Hill Coal Project in March 2010 The proposed site would cover approximately 830 hectares in a valley near the small country town of Gloucester NSW.
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Feb 21 2019 For years the people of Gloucester in NSW have fought back against a dirty big coal mine After ten years in a historic and game changing court decision t
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Feb 08 2019 Melbourne Developers have lost a court appeal to build a coal mine in Australia s Hunter Valley over its potentially dire environmental impact after the country s first legal review of a coal mine project to hear evidence from a climate scientist In the landmark ruling Justice Brian Preston denied the appeal on the Rocky Hill project in New South Wales state citing an increase in
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Feb 20 2019 What happened The Chief Judge of the NSW Land and Environment Court in Australia has upheld the decision of the NSW Minister for Planning s delegate to refuse planning approval for the proposed Rocky Hill Coal Project near the town of Gloucester Why is it important The Court s decision is as far as we are aware the first time an Australian project has been refused on the basis that it
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MORE DETAILS Amended Rocky Hill Coal Project Part 15 Economic Since the exhibition of the environmental impact statement for the rocky hill coal project in 2013 gloucester resources limited has reached an agreement with yancoal australia limited to utilise the existing facilities at the nearby stratford mining complex to process and despatch coal mined from the rocky hill mine area
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Sep 19 2016 Rocky Hill is expected to produce 21 million tonnes of coal over 16 years The washery would handle 5.6 million tonnes a year from the Rocky Hill Stratford and Duralie mines.
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Feb 14 2019 Rocky Hill ruling favouring the climate over coal mine has wide reaching consequences A landmark ruling against a coal mine in the NSW Land and Environment Court could pave the way for US style
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Jul 16 2019 Rocky Hill coal mine Report summary 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 semi hard high fluidity coking coal Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up incorporating a number of granular data metrics to
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Gloucester Resources Rocky Hill open cut coal mine NSW Project details Gloucester Resources Limited described the Rocky Hill coal project as a comparatively small modern open cut mining proposal with a project site covering an area of around 830 hectares including the mining area and a private haul road linking it with the nearby Stratford Mining Complex 4 .
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Feb 16 2019 In an Australian first a coal mine has been knocked back on social and climate change grounds This ruling could change the face of climate litigation forever On the 8th of February in a landmark decision that has left environmental groups cheering the NSW Land and Environment Court ruled that the construction of the proposed Rocky Hill Coal Mine near Gloucester should not go ahead.
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Great news for Gloucester as Rocky Hill mine rejected Published February 08 2019 A peaceful rural community in NSW is safe from the disruptive might of the coal mining industry following a landmark land and environment court decision today with the implications of the legal precedent for other coal mines significant.
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The facts GRL had proposed an open cut coal mine the Rocky Hill Coal Project to produce 21 million tonnes of coal over a 16 year period The proposed coal mine was located close to the town of Gloucester NSW The coal product to be produced from the mine was to be coking coal with a maximum ROM coal production of 2 million tonnes per annum
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Feb 11 2019 Landmark Rocky Hill ruling could pave the way for more courts to choose climate over coal February 11 2019 1.06am EST Justine Bell James The University of Queensland
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Feb 06 2019 Rocky Hill Gloucester Case Win In February 2019 EDO secured a landmark legal victory with the refusal of the proposed Rocky Hill coal mine in the New South Wales Upper Hunter region A key factor in the win was the mine’s potential impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change The once in a generation case was the first time
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Feb 11 2019 Landmark Rocky Hill ruling could pave the way for more courts to choose climate over coal 11 Feb 2019 On Friday Chief Judge Brian Preston of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court handed down a landmark judgement confirming a decision to refuse a new open cut coal mine near Gloucester in the Hunter Valley.
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Feb 19 2019 Mining company Gloucester Resources Limited Gloucester had sought permission from the local Department of Planning for permission to
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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
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Feb 08 2019 Land and Environment Court rules greenhouse gas emissions from Rocky Hill coal mine should not be considered in isolation.
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Feb 08 2019 The controversial Rocky Hill coal mine near Gloucester in the NSW Hunter region will not go ahead after a landmark ruling in the NSW Land and Environment Court which cited the
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ROCKY HILL PIECE RE ABORIGINAL HERITAGE
Wales Land and Environment Court Preston CJ rejecting an appeal by mining company Gloucester Resources Limited GRL which sought consent to construct the Rocky Hill Coal Mine on the southern doorstep of the small Mid North Coast town of Gloucester The case was Gloucester Resources Limited v Minister for Planning 2019 NSWLEC 7.
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Feb 05 2020 A Superior Court in the Australian state of New South Wales refused consent to a coal mine because of its future contribution to global climate change Rocky Hill illustrates a watershed moment in the consideration of climate change and social impacts in Australia representing a significant step beyond what the Courts had previously ruled in
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Feb 11 2019 The proposed Rocky Hill mine’s contribution to climate change was one of the key reasons cited for refusing the application On Friday Chief Judge Brian Preston of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court handed down a landmark judgement confirming a decision to refuse a new open cut coal mine near Gloucester in the Hunter Valley.
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Jun 03 2020 When the Rocky Hill decision was handed down in February 2019 it suddenly placed the issue of Scope 3 emissions in the spotlight Among the court’s reasons for refusing the proposed coal mine was the likely contribution of the project to downstream greenhouse gas emissions.
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Jun 04 2020 When the Rocky Hill decision was handed down in February 2019 it suddenly placed the issue of Scope 3 emissions in the spotlight Among the court s reasons for refusing the proposed coal mine was the likely contribution of the project to downstream greenhouse gas emissions.
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Oct 23 2017 Dear Sir/Madam I am the owner/manager of Yates Twomey a second generation retailer in Gloucester NSW I support the Rocky Hill Coal Project SSD 5156 Stratford Extension Project MOD 1 SSD 4966 MOD 1 .The Gloucester region was developed because of resource mining from Gold mining cedar cutting coal mining 1924 Gloucester Coal Limited
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Feb 08 2019 This NSW Land and Environment Court decision this morning on the Rocky Hill coal mine is a landmark case setting an excellent precedent
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Feb 02 2018 The system for assessing and deciding damaging coal mines in New South Wales is abysmal The Rocky Hill coal mine proposal was unquestionably damaging to Gloucester’s future and was opposed by the local community she said Gloucester Resources was contacted for comment.
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Rocky Hill Coal Project Gloucester
determined that the Rocky Hill Coal Project is not a Controlled Action under the EPBC Act The project is not subject to referral to the Commonwealth under the Water Trigger provisions of the EPBC Act for coal and coal seam gas as the original application was submitted prior to the water trigger provisions coming into eff ect.
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An open cut coal mine is proposed 1 There is a valley near Rocky Hill that a coal mine proposes to cut and fill The Gloucester valley is a creature of a unique topographic feature The valley is the floor of a nest the sides being ranges east and west The Bucketts is the rocky range to the west The Mograni range is the mountain range to
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The Rocky Hill decision is the first time coal mine approval has been rejected by a court rejected because of its climate change impacts on the community The historic precedent was expected to have wide ranging impacts for Australian communities and to affect the approval of new climate change harm inducing coal mines throughout Australia.
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mining coal on a rocky hill Mine Equipments Rocky Hill Coal Project 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 theget price Coal Council slams Rocky Hill mine rejection in NSW.
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