Metropolitan Coal Mine
Source Material
Peabody keep an extensive public record of documents found here:
Peabody Metropolitan Mine – Approvals, Plans, Reports
Some selected highlights:
Independent Environmental Audit of Metropolitan Coal Mine (26/June 2018)
Metropolitan Coal Project – Environmental Assessment (Peabody 2009)
DIGS Geological Survey – The NSW Dept. Planning Industry and Environment:
Database on all coal leases – Metropolitan results
DIGS results for CCL 703 granted in 2009
DIGS results for ML 1702 granted in 2014
Oversight Reports
NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, Mining and the Environment, briefing paper 2009
Interim Report, Independent Expert Panel for Mining in the Catchment 2018
Terms of reference of the Independent Expert Panel
Federal Bioregional Assessment: Coal in Sydney Basin 2019
Regulatory Authorities
Sydney Catchment Authority – Â defunct
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water – defunctÂ
Office of Environment and Heritage – defunct
 WaterNSW/Sydney Water – Department of Primary Industry
Industry Reviews
Coal Operators Conference 2009 Review of Southern Coalfield Inquiry
Activist Reviews
Total Environment Centre, Impacts of Longwall Coal Mining
Media Coverage
The Leader 29/8/2019 Murray Trembath
Illawarra Mercury 22/3/2019 Desiree Savage
ABC News 11/3/2016 Nick McLaren
Illawarra Mercury 25/6/2009 Brett Cox
Mechanics of Longwall Mining
Wiki page on Longwall Mining Technique
YouTube clip of Longwall Mining Machinery
Twitter Feed of Specialists
Water Quality; Stuart Khan Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering UNSW
Coal Mining Financials: Tim Buckley IEEFA
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