Cadia goldmine: Newcrest pleads guilty to breaching clean air regulations
by Calla Wahlquist from Environment | The Guardian on (#6F5PN)
NSW Environmental Protection Authority alleged company had exceeded standard concentration of solid particles under air pollution laws
Mining company Newcrest has pleaded guilty to breaching clean air regulations in the operation of the Cadia goldmine, near Orange in central west New South Wales.
The NSW Environmental Protection Authority began proceedings against the company in August, alleging that the operation of surface exhaust fans attached to the main ventilation shaft for the underground goldmine, dubbed vent rise 8, had caused it to exceed the standard concentration of solid particles under air pollution laws.
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