Valuing the environmental, cultural and social impacts of open-cut coal mining in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Gillespie ◽  
Jeff Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Social Impacts ◽  
South Wales

scholarly journals Open-cut coal mining in Australia's Hunter Valley: Sustainability and the industry's economic, ecological and social implications

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Drew Cottle ◽  
Angela Keys
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Hunter Region ◽  
Critical Social

This article questions the sustainability of open-cut coal mining in the Hunter Valley region of Australia. The issue of sustainability is examined in relation to the economic, ecological and social implications of the Hunter Valley’s open-cut coal mining industry. The article demonstrates that critical social and ecological ramifications have been overshadowed by the open-cut coal mining industry’s importance to the economy of the Hunter region and of New South Wales.

Air Quality in Association With Rural Coal Mining and Combustion in New South Wales Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hendryx ◽  
Nicholas Higginbotham ◽  
Benjamin Ewald ◽  
Linda H. Connor
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales

Sprain/strain back injuries in New South Wales underground coal mining

1991 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Leigh ◽  
H.B. Mulder ◽  
G.V. Want ◽  
N.P. Farnsworth ◽  
G.G. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Underground Coal Mining ◽  
Back Injuries ◽  
South Wales

scholarly journals Accounting for Nonmarket Impacts in a Benefit-Cost Analysis of Underground Coal Mining in New South Wales, Australia

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Gillespie ◽  
Marit E. Kragt
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Underground Coal Mining ◽  
Cost Analyses ◽  
Benefit Cost Analysis ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Benefit Cost

Strategic inquiries into coal mining by Australian Governments advocate increased use of comprehensive benefit cost analyses and nonmarket valuation studies when assessing individual project proposals. The study reported in this paper addresses these Government concerns, by integrating results of a choice experiment into a benefit cost analysis undertaken for a Colliery in the Southern Coalfield of New South Wales, Australia. Results of the study were used to aid the State government in evaluating proposals for continued underground coal mining. We show that impacts of mine subsidence on streams, swamps, and Aboriginal sites negatively affect community wellbeing. Social welfare increases with the length of time that the mine provides direct employment. We demonstrate how implicit price estimates from the choice experiment can be incorporated into a benefit cost analysis of continued mining. Benefit cost analyses were carried out for a range of policy scenarios—including policies that would restrict mining activities at the Colliery and protect environmental and cultural features in the Southern Coalfield. Notwithstanding the environmental impacts generated by mining operations, continued mining is shown to be a more economically efficient course of action.

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