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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Calla Wahlquist

Cadia goldmine: Newcrest pleads guilty to breaching clean air regulations

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Newcrest's Cadia goldmine
Newcrest's Cadia goldmine, near Orange in central west New South Wales. The mining company has pleaded guilty to clean air regulations after proceedings by the NSW Environmental Protection Authority. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Mining company Newcrest has pleaded guilty to breaching clean air regulations in the operation of the Cadia goldmine, near Orange in central west New South Wales.

The NSW Environmental Protection Authority began proceedings against the company in August, alleging that the operation of surface exhaust fans attached to the main ventilation shaft for the underground goldmine, dubbed vent rise 8, had caused it to exceed the standard concentration of solid particles under air pollution laws.

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