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OUTThere Magazine l Jan-Feb 2013

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NMC0014/RE NMC0014/RE / NMC0014/RE X /M NMC0 014/RE X/M NMC0014/RE X/M MC0 4/R MC0 4/R MC0 4/R C / Westside Mine, Lake Macquarie, NSW We wonʼt take from the ground, until we know what we can put back in. Weʼd like to shed some light on how little land mining actually 1 mines that are now productive grazing land, forests and even uses. In fact, mining uses less than 0.1% of land in NSW. But what parks. While mining is a temporary land use, we realise it land we do use, we rehabilitate. Thatʼs why even before any does have an effect on the environment. Weʼre not perfect, mining starts, we work with scientists, the Government and local but we are careful and we keep our impacts to an absolute communities to develop plans on how we will restore the land to a minimum. And we wonʼt rest, because itʼs not enough just to safe, stable and healthy condition. be good for the NSW economy. And itʼs not just plans on paper. Right across NSW there are past We want to be good for NSW. worldclassminers.com.au Source: 1Australian Collaborative Land Use & Management Program. World Class Miners

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