Coalface calamity: Protesters unleash biggest offensive yet against mines

By Erin Handley
September 30 2014 - 4:00am
ROAD BLOCK: Protesters at the Gunnedah Coal Handling and Processing Plant disrupted work for up to nine hours yesterday in a bid to halt Whitehaven Coal's controversial Maules Creek mine. Photo: Front Line Action on Coal
ROAD BLOCK: Protesters at the Gunnedah Coal Handling and Processing Plant disrupted work for up to nine hours yesterday in a bid to halt Whitehaven Coal's controversial Maules Creek mine. Photo: Front Line Action on Coal

WHITEHAVEN Coal has slammed the actions of environmentalists after protesters swarmed the company’s mine sites yesterday in the biggest action against the controversial Maules Creek operation to date. 

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