Korean company planning Bylong Valley mine dismisses climate threat

After Rocky Hill ruling, firm claims open-cut project in NSW will make 'negligible contribution' to global emissionsThe company behind a proposed coalmine in the Bylong Valley in New South Wales has claimed the project will make a "negligible contribution" to global climate change, in a fresh submission responding to the historic Rocky Hill judgment.Kepco, the South Korean company that plans to develop an open-cut mine in the valley, has written to the state's independent planning commission in light of the NSW land and environment court's ruling in February that the Rocky Hill mine in Gloucester should not go ahead, in part because it was not compatible with efforts to combat climate change. Continue reading...