<p>An independent panel of experts was appointed in December 2006, jointly by the NSW Minister for Planning and the Minister for Primary Industries &amp; Energy to review the current status and future implications for underground coal mining in the Southern ...

<p>Longwall mining is a form of underground coal mining that was introduced to Australia and the United States from Europe in the early 1960s. It allows mining companies better access and vastly improved recovery rates than older methods of underground mining. ...