Coal is one of the most important, burgeoning industries in the Mudgee region with the existing Ulan Coal, Wilpinjong and Charbon mines as well as proposed mines for Moolarben, Bylong, Running Stream and Airly.
Coal mines in the Mudgee region are part of a larger belt of coal deposits stretching from the Queensland border through Moree, [...]

In Durham City last weekend, about 50,000 people lined the streets for the traditional Miners’ Gala - the 122nd in its history.
The event, which began as a memorial to miners who died working in the pits, used to attract crowd of over 300,000 in the 1950s and 1960s.
Since then, as in other former coal industry [...]