Bickham Coal Company

The Bickham Coal Company is a small company jointly owned by the Cant and Foster families from the Hunter Valley in New South Wales. On its website the company states that the "the Foster family previously played a role in the contract earthmoving, mining and engineering spheres, while the Cant family has mining interests in East Maitland and Singleton."

Bickham coal mine rejected
The Bickham Coal Company sought New South Wales government approval for the proposed Bickham coal mine in the Upper Hunter valley in New South Wales. The company proposed to establish a mine which to produce 36 million tonnes of low-ash thermal coal over 25 years. Prior to consideration of the proposal the company had extracted a 25,000 tonne bulk sample.

In mid-May 2010 the Premier of New South Wales, Kristina Keneally and Minister for Planning, Tony Kelly, announced that the mine would not proceed and that the government would amend the Mining State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) "to prohibit open-cut mining on the Bickham site permanently."

Contact details
PO Box 470 Rutherford NSW 2320 Phone: 02 4932 3200 Fax: 02 4932 3266 Email: info AT bickhamcoal.com.au Website: http://www.bickhamcoal.com.au/index.html

Citizens groups working on Bickham

 * Bickham Coal Mine Action Group

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