Mining giant Glencore loses court case over 'rates' on buffer land surrounding Mangoola mine

Ian Kirkwood
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:40am, first published June 16 2020 - 4:45am
TAKING STOCK: Glencore land surrounding its Mangoola mine has agricultural pursuits on it but a court says the 'dominant' use is still mining.
TAKING STOCK: Glencore land surrounding its Mangoola mine has agricultural pursuits on it but a court says the 'dominant' use is still mining.

MINING giant Glencore has lost a Land and Environment Court case against Muswellbrook Shire Council over the amount of rates it must pay on buffer land and environmental offsets surrounding its Mangoola open-cut mine, 18 kilometres west of Muswellbrook.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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