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Mining Fear

Lanka Business Online | September 11, 2011 | 8:47 pm Energy Australia Europe Coal

It is a cautionary tale for the Hunter Valley, a picturesque winemaking and hobby farm area north-west of Sydney, which finds itself at the centre of a growing resources controversy: the hunt for coal seam gas (CSG). Mining is not new to the coal-rich