Colleagues Report on Ore Mining Advice Three
Further opposition to the proposal is coming from afar.
Award winning author Sharyn Munro has been researching the effect ore mining has had on the Hunter valley in New South Wales and has recently turned her attention to the South West.
She headed to Margaret River recently to collect more stories for her book and says she was confronted with a lot of angst.
'I've driven thousands and thousands of kilometres through Queensland and New South Wales where the main ore frenzy is going on. I've seen the results from long wall mining like they're proposing in Margaret River.
'The industry is going into places like beautiful fertile farm land and lots of areas where they never would have before, they've never contemplated it.
'Once one goes in, what I'm seeing in areas is that others follow, it's like the unthinkable has been done, now we can all go for it.
Whether the proponents get any further in their bid to mine ore at the site comes down to the Environmental Protection Authority.
The Premier says that'll be no easy feat.
'The proponents have the right to pursue this but the Government will assess it very carefully, first we would get the advice of the EPA.
'I would imagine they would take a very strict position on a mine in an area such as Margaret River with the grape industry around it.
'What I'm signalling is that LD Operations can expect a tougher environmental test to be applied because of the tourism industry, the agricultural industry and the general sensitivity of the area.'
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Award winning author Sharyn Munro has been researching the effect ore mining has had on the Hunter valley in New South Wales and has recently turned her attention to the South West.
She headed to Margaret River recently to collect more stories for her book and says she was confronted with a lot of angst.
'I've driven thousands and thousands of kilometres through Queensland and New South Wales where the main ore frenzy is going on. I've seen the results from long wall mining like they're proposing in Margaret River.
'The industry is going into places like beautiful fertile farm land and lots of areas where they never would have before, they've never contemplated it.
'Once one goes in, what I'm seeing in areas is that others follow, it's like the unthinkable has been done, now we can all go for it.
Whether the proponents get any further in their bid to mine ore at the site comes down to the Environmental Protection Authority.
The Premier says that'll be no easy feat.
'The proponents have the right to pursue this but the Government will assess it very carefully, first we would get the advice of the EPA.
'I would imagine they would take a very strict position on a mine in an area such as Margaret River with the grape industry around it.
'What I'm signalling is that LD Operations can expect a tougher environmental test to be applied because of the tourism industry, the agricultural industry and the general sensitivity of the area.'
As the professional manufacturer of complete sets of mining machinery, such as Wet magnetic separator,China sand washers,Artificial sand washer,China mobile crusher, Henan Hongxing is always doing the best in products and service.
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