Whitehaven approves early start at Vickery
The board of coal miner Whitehaven Coal has approved the investment to start early mining at the Vickery coal deposit, in New South Wales.
Whitehaven on Friday told shareholders that the early mining at the deposit would comprise of a low capital project that would use surplus coal processing and washing infrastructure capacity at the Gunnedah coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) as well as existing road haulage, rail and port capacity.