Whitehaven Coal hit with $38,500 fine for toxic blast fume cloud

Jamieson Murphy
Updated March 20 2019 - 8:35pm, first published 4:30pm
Whitehaven hit with $38,500 fine for toxic blast fume cloud
Whitehaven hit with $38,500 fine for toxic blast fume cloud

WHITEHAVEN Coal has been whacked with a $38,500 fine after a post-blast fume cloud of toxic gas left the mine site and passed over a neighbouring farmland.

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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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