Metropolitan Colliery

Metropolitan Colliery
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Interactive map of Metropolitan Colliery
Location
ProductsMetallurgical coal
Opened1887
CompanyPeabody Energy
Websitewww.peabodyenergy.com

The Metropolitan Colliery is a coal mine located near Helensburgh, New South Wales owned by Peabody Energy.[1] It was opened by in 1887 by the Cumberland Coal & Iron Mining Company. In 1965, the mine was purchased by Australian Iron & Steel.[2] A proposed sale to South32 in 2016 was abandoned after the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission refused to approve it.[3][4]

Coal is exported from Port Kembla with the mine connected to the Illawarra railway line via a spur line.[citation needed]

The company is currently mining underneath the protected 'Special Area' of the Woronora Dam and Woronora Reservoir catchment, directly underneath the Reservoir.[5]

In 2022 the Colliery achieved notoriety for polluting Australia's oldest National Park, following the discharge of coal sludge and waste into a creek running into the Hacking River, which flows the length of the park and into Port Hacking.[6]

References

  1. ^ Metropolitan Mine Peabody Energy
  2. ^ Here & There Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 330 April 1965 page 73
  3. ^ Peabody Energy to sell NSW coal mine to South32 ABC Illawarra 3 November 2016
  4. ^ South32 abandons plan to buy Peabody's Metropolitan Colliery at Helensburgh Illawarra Mercury 18 April 2017
  5. ^ "Protect our water catchment - stop mining Woronora". Sutherland Shire Environment Centre. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Help protect the Royal National Park: the March State election and the EPA Review of Peabody's Metropolitan Colliery". Sutherland Shire Environment Centre. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

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