Coal miner Australian Pacific Coal on Wednesday told shareholders that it is considering an appeal of the New South Wales’ Independent Planning Commission (IPC’s) decision not to extend the mine life of the Dartbook operation.
The IPC in August green-lit the restart of the mothballed Dartbrook coal mine, in the Upper Hunter region, but took the decision not to extend the mine life by the requested five years, meaning that the project would only be allowed to run until December 2022.