Coal miner Peabody to pay $500,000 for polluting Royal National Park

Helensburgh mine fined after coal sediment, toxic waste flowed into creek

Peabody's Metropolitan Collieries fined for polluting creek that runs into Royal National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area.

Coal miner Peabody to pay $500,000 for polluting Royal National Park

Coal mine operator Peabody Energy, found guilty of two separate Metropolitan Mine pollution events in 2022, has today been ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in penalties and legal fees.

Helensburgh mine fined for Royal National Park creek pollution

Helensburgh’s Metropolitan Collieries has been fined and ordered to pay costs after admitting that contaminated water was discharged into a creek flowing into the Royal National Park. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) took action against the company over two incidents in September and October 2022, where water contaminated with coal fines and sediment was […]

Coal company fined $196,560 for polluting creek leading into Hacking River

Helensburgh mine operator Metropolitan Collieries has been fined $196,560 for two incidents of polluting Camp Gully Creek, which flows into the Hacking River system and Royal National Park.