State department recommends Whitehaven's Narrabri Underground Mine stay open until 2044

Andrew Messenger
Updated January 21 2022 - 11:08am, first published 6:00am
State department recommends Whitehaven mine stay open to 2044
State department recommends Whitehaven mine stay open to 2044

Whitehaven's Narrabri Underground Mine is likely to be permitted to keep digging up coal until 2044, after a state government department recommended approving a plan to expand the mine this week.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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