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 ...
Sep 21, 2020· The Rocky Hill Mine was the first coal mine to be rejected by an Australian Court on the basis of climate change. In the second edition of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series, Elaine Johnson (head of the legal team representing the local community) discussed the case. This seminar is now available to watch online.
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 ...
Mar 29, 2019· The Rocky Hill Mine Project case involved a proposed new open cut coal mine which was expected to produce 21 million tonnes of coal over 16 years. Gloucester Resources Limited ( GRL ) appealed to the Court against the refusal of its application for planning approval.
The ruling against the Rocky Hill open cut coal mine in NSW attracted a lot of attention for the role climate change played in the decision. But that wasn't the only reason it got rejected – the verdict also represents a landmark legal decision for Aboriginal communities when it comes to protecting sacred lands from mining interests.
Beyond Zero Community 11-2-19TREESThe big project of restoring and rehydrating our farm lands needs strong minds but as Historian Bruce Pascoe says …
Feb 08, 2019· Rocky Hill mine plans quashed in Land and Environment Court. Members of the community group Gloucester Groundswell attended the hearing. ( ABC News: Meredith Griffiths) A new coal mine near ...
Feb 14, 2019· The Rocky Hill Coal Project was intended to be developed by Gloucester Resources Limited (GRL) which was granted three coal exploration licenses in the Gloucester Basin in 2006.
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.
Aug 02, 2021· The Land and Environment Court has reserved its judgment in the Rocky Hill coal mine appeal...The two-week landmark hearing, the first its kind since the Paris Agreement, heard expert testimony about climate change, the carbon budget and the …
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.
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 ...
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.
The principal coal product to be produced from the Rocky Hill Coal Mine is a high fluidity coking coal, i.e. a product used in Asian steel mills and is in high demand. Unlike thermal coal which is the primary coal product from the Hunter Valley and used for power generation, there is no substitute for coking coal in the manufacture of steel.
Feb 08, 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: …
Dec 14, 2017· NSW Land and Environment Court refuses development approval for Rocky Hill Coal Mine Project on climate change grounds 13 February 2019 The NSW Land and Environment Court (Court) has refused development consent for the Rocky Hill Coal Project in the Gloucester Valley, citing the mine's likely contribution to climate change as a key reason.
Provisions of trade apprenticeships for local youth at the Rocky Hill Coal Project Provision of competency training and certification on mining-related equipment Provision of local training and employment for local people through related farming enterprises Working with the community
Yes. Rocky Hill coal mine appeal dismissed. Why Aussies should be 'outraged' at AGL profit. The Chief Judge of the NSW Land and Environment Court who blocked a coal mine due to factors ...
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...
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.
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 ...
Feb 20, 2019· The proponent proposed to develop an open-cut coking coal mine in the Gloucester Valley in NSW. The life of the mine was predicted to be about 21 years. The coking coal would be exported and used in the manufacture of steel. The Gloucester Valley is flanked by mountain ranges, and the mine site is near the town of Gloucester.
Rocky Hill Coal Project Age Consultants. 2019-11-26The Rocky Hill Coal Project is a proposed open-cut coal mine located approximately 100 km north of Newcastle, New South Wales. The project occurs within the Gloucester Basin and targets the Gloucester Coal Measures. AGE were engaged by R.W Corkery Read more Rocky Hill Coal Project. Read More >
Jan 09, 2020· Mr Buckley's evidence was that modelling of the international demand for coal showed that coal from the Rocky Hill project was not needed from a technology perspective – that is, the fact that the Rocky Hill mine would have produced coking coal did not mean it should be given special consideration, having regard to its climate change impacts.
Rocky Hill mine plans quashed in Land and Environment Court, ABC News, 8 February 2019. 'We won': Landmark climate ruling as NSW court rejects coal mine, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 February 2019. Landmark legal win for climate and community, Environmental Defenders Of²ce (NSW), 8 February 2019. Australian court bars new coal mine project in landmark win for green lobby, Reuters, 8 February ...
Jul 09, 2021· Burning an extra 33 million tonnes of coal from the mine, the government's lawyers argued, was the difference between 2C of warming and 2.00005C of warming. ... where plans for the Rocky Hill ...
Rocky Hill coal mine - coming to your backyard No more mines in Gloucester Groundswell Gloucester Inc. PO Box 380, Gloucester, NSW 2422 5.5 km south of Gloucester main street 4.6 km to hospital and aged care 5.1 km to Gloucester primary school
The price of coal has plummeted but GRL are steadfast in their determination to build the Rocky Hill Mine. GRL has been pursuing approval for the Rocky Hill mine since it first approached the NSW Government in 2012 but has strategically dragged out the approval process for the past three years as it placed its application "on hold" and ...