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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Matthew Kelly

"It is a tremendous relief for everybody": Camberwell Village saved from mine

Out of time: Ashton Coal's consent for the South East Open Cut project at Camberwell expired on April 17.

Residents in the Upper Hunter village of Camberwell are claiming an historic victory following a two decade battle to stop an open-cut coal mine from wiping out their community.

Ashton Coal, a subsidiary of the Chinese-owned mining company Yancoal, had been pursuing the contentious South East Open Cut project since the late 1990s.

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