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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Ian Kirkwood

Dartbrook partners say they have raised $100 million to reopen Aberdeen underground mine next year

Some of the Dartbrook above-ground infrastructure serving the underground mine, shut on care and maintenance since 2007.

DARTBROOK underground mine could be exporting coal in the second half of next year if its $100-million plan to restart the shuttered mine proceeds according to plan.

Dartbrook's owner Australian Pacific Coal (AQC) told the stock exchange it had not heard back from the NSW government after asking for "a moratorium" on the government's decision to ban future open-cut mining at Dartbrook by amending the relevant State Environmental Planning Policy or SEPP.

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