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The Department of Planning is recommending a Hunter Valley coal mine be allowed to ramp up extraction by 30 per cent, concluding its benefits outweigh its costs.

Xstrata Coal wants to boost extraction at its Mangoola mine from 10.5 million to 13.5 million tonnes.

The move will enable it to employ an additional 150 workers and increase blasts from five to six per week, as well as removing the restriction on the maximum size of blast.

Read more at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-04/mine-expansion-recommended-for-approval/5296358