Abstract
Update on current rehabilitation practices at Wilpinjong Coal Mine.
Wilpinjong Coal Mine is located near Mudgee in NSW and is owned and operated by Peabody Energy Australia. Wilpinjong is an open cut coal mining operation with a low strip ratio and current approvals to produce 16 Mtpa of ROM coal. Disturbance areas since Peabody acquisition in 2006 have been progressively rehabilitated with species characteristic of native woodland and mixed woodland/pasture. The approved post mine land use has biodiversity corridors linking the Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve and Goulburn River National Park with interlinking grazing areas. To date, Wilpinjong has completed approximately 375ha of rehabilitation of previously mined land.
Karin will present on the current rehabilitation practices at Wilpinong, current and proposed trials and projects including:
Update on current rehabilitation practices at Wilpinjong Coal Mine.
Wilpinjong Coal Mine is located near Mudgee in NSW and is owned and operated by Peabody Energy Australia. Wilpinjong is an open cut coal mining operation with a low strip ratio and current approvals to produce 16 Mtpa of ROM coal. Disturbance areas since Peabody acquisition in 2006 have been progressively rehabilitated with species characteristic of native woodland and mixed woodland/pasture. The approved post mine land use has biodiversity corridors linking the Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve and Goulburn River National Park with interlinking grazing areas. To date, Wilpinjong has completed approximately 375ha of rehabilitation of previously mined land.
Karin will present on the current rehabilitation practices at Wilpinong, current and proposed trials and projects including:
- Wilpinjong’s approach to integrated planning and implementation
- Operational trials including:
- Soil testing and the use of different ameliorates
- Green manure crops
- Microbe investigations
- Proposed rehabilitation prescribed burn
- Current investigation into Final Landform Drainage System Design.
Presentation
Update on current rehabilitation practices at Wilpinjong Coal Mine.
Presented on 30th March 2017 at the 7th Annual Best Practice Ecological Rehabilitation of Mined Lands Conference (2017)
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