The Upper Hunter Mining Dialogue’s grazing study is now well into its second year, comparing whether rehabilitated mined land can support sustainable and profitable livestock grazing, as compared with grazing on unmined native pastures. The four-year project is being undertaken at Coal & Allied’s Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) mine site, with control properties located atLearn more Promising results for Upper Hunter Grazing Study
New—and some very imaginative— ideas for making use of mine voids were developed by community members at this week’s Upper Hunter Mining Dialogue (UHMD) Community Day in Muswellbrook. Around fifty attendees at the Muswellbrook Regional Art Centre were told about mine rehabilitation progress in the area, and updated on several Dialogue projects concerning air quality,Learn more Dialogue Community Day encourages creative ideas for Mine Rehabilitation
Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, has publicly recognised the efforts of the government and industry partnership investigating whether rehabilitated mine land can sustainably support productive and profitable grazing in the Upper Hunter. The ‘Grazing Study’ aims to address concerns about the future use of mine land and has been developed out of constructive discussionsLearn more Minister for Primary Industries praises mining’s work with community and rehabilitated mine land
It’s full steam ahead for the Upper Hunter Mining Dialogue’s Cattle Grazing Study, as 20 steers have been introduced to the study sites at Coal & Allied’s Hunter Valley Operations mine site and the adjoining control property, Wandewoi. It follows the introduction of another 20 steers to the study sites at BHP Billiton’s Mt Arthur Coal mine siteLearn more Full steam ahead for Grazing Study
