MINING giant Glencore's attempts to scour tens of thousands in legal costs out of Muswellbrook Shire Council over a rates war has been slammed in the Land and Environment Court.
Justice Tim Moore labelled the attempt "disingenuous at best, and at worst, intellectually dishonest". The dispute over 'buffer land' surrounding Mangoola coal mine, about 18 kilometres west of Muswellbrook, began in 2018, when Glencore sought to have two parcels of land re-categorised for rates purposes, from mining to farmland.
