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One of Central Queensland’s former open cut mines has received government sign-off on 133ha of rehabilitated mine land.
Resources Minister Scott Stewart said areas of Glencore’s Oaky Creek coal mine had been transformed into natural and productive land thanks to the impressive rehabilitation program.
“Up to 133 hectares of land that was once part of an open cut mine is now verdant landscape with native vegetation and is on track to being safely and sustainably passed on for the next land use,” Mr Stewart said.
In 2018, the Palaszczuk Government passed mining rehabilitation legislation to ensure land no longer used for mining was returned to its original state, or better.
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