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Australia Institute among dozens to oppose 40 million tonne open cut expansion of coal mine in NSW central west

A public policy think tank has slammed the proposed expansion of a New South Wales coal mine, saying the cost of emissions to the climate would exceed any economic benefit.  

ASX-listed Yancoal wants to extract an additional 40 million tonnes of coal through four new open cut pits at the Moolarben Coal Complex near Mudgee, in the state's central west.

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