I've been looking at 1 open cut mine (Loy Yang) and trying to figure out whether to concentrate on 1 mine or all 3 open cuts within the LaTrobe Valley. Investigating the operations within 1 mine to draw out some closure design proposals is proving difficult, especially given the amount of information there is to read through. Many parameters have been discovered, namely operational process and financing rehabilitation.
So I have decided to side step and investigate another open cut mine to consider alternatives to operations.Driving through the Yallourn mine was a different spatial experience to Loy Yang. It is a much older mine with an internal overburden dump (like a moonscape) and grand land reformation to divert water courses. Traversing some sections of the mine, it was hard to believe you were in a mine with sheep contently grazing and much re-vegetation established. It is amazing of the reformation that can occur over time.
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| The Age - Yallourn landslip |
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| Smec - Morwell River diversion |
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