Analysis

Record coal prices and global energy shortage before Glasgow climate conference

Ian Kirkwood
Updated October 21 2021 - 8:05am, first published 4:00am
THE SOURCE: A section of the giant Mount Thorley/Warkworth open-cut mine near Singleton in the Hunter Valley. This picture of a water-truck damping down a haul road was taken last year. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers, Newcastle Herald
THE SOURCE: A section of the giant Mount Thorley/Warkworth open-cut mine near Singleton in the Hunter Valley. This picture of a water-truck damping down a haul road was taken last year. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers, Newcastle Herald

ALMOST 30 years ago a busload of Hunter coal miners descended on Parliament House, Canberra, for a protest campaign called Survival '92.

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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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