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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Ian Kirkwood

Mines, thousands of jobs at risk under heritage bid, Glencore warns staff

Scott Franks at the Hunter River near Singleton, photographed last month after the Independent Planning Commission rejected Glencore's application to extend its Glendell mine. Picture by Max Mason-Hubers

GLENCORE has briefed its workforce on an Aboriginal heritage application to lock up more than 150 square kilometres of land between Singleton and Muswellbrook and stop any expansion of as many as 11 mines in the area.

While Glencore is the main company affected, Yancoal and Bloomfield also have operations in the application area.

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