The Mangoola (Mangoola) Open Cut coal mine is located in the Upper Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. To date the site has rehabilitated 750 hectares since commencing mining in 2010.
Mangoola undertakes progressive mine rehabilitation using a natural landform ecosystem restoration approach with native woodland and grasslands being re-established on reshaped overburden designed to blend seamlessly into the surrounding natural environment. Ecological communities being re-established are diverse, located in the topographic positions at which they would occur in the natural environment, and are complemented by substantial habitat features.
Mangoola’s GeoFluv natural landform approach, believed to be a first in the local coal mining industry, is now being undertaken by other mines across Australia. Mangoola’s approach has evolved since 2011 and ongoing learnings are not only incorporated into daily planning on site, but actively being shared within Glencore, other mining companies, Government, the community and other industries to help promote and evolve rehabilitation practices.