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Hunter Mine To Cut 174 Jobs As Coal Prices Fall

12 December 1997

Shell has blamed falling world coal prices for its decision to cut the workforce at its Drayton open-cut mine by 174 jobs, or more than 40 per cent. The mine manager, Mr Murray Bailey, said the cuts were needed to save the remaining 235 jobs at the mine, south of Muswellbrook. The district vic.. read full story