Tag: Appin 2560
Two mine workers hurt in explosion
Two men are being treated for flash burns after an explosion at BHP Billiton's coal mine in Sydney's south-west yesterday afternoon.[MORE]
Car crash victim airlifted to hospital
A 25-year-old man has been airlifted to Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital after a car accident near Appin.[MORE]
Threatened species found on planned housing site
Wollondilly Shire Council says threatened ecological species have been identified on rural land west of Appin, where there is a major proposal to rezone for residential development.[MORE]
Campers 'attacked twin brothers with a shovel'
Three people have been charged after twin brothers were attacked with a shovel at a campsite south-west of Sydney last week. [MORE]
BHP plans mining extension
BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal has lodged plans with the New South Wales Government to extend its mining operations west of the Illawarra Escarpment.[MORE]
Wollondilly Shire aims tourism push at city folk
Wollondilly Shire is developing a new tourism program aimed at city people who want to have a typical rural experience.[MORE]
Police rule out foul play in horse stabbing
Police are no longer treating the death of a thoroughbred horse in Sydney's south-west as suspicious.[MORE]
No suspects in racehorse killing
The RSPCA will conduct a post-mortem on a retired racehorse found stabbed in Sydney's south-west last night. [MORE]
Police probe horse stabbing at Appin
Police are investigating the stabbing death of a thoroughbred horse at Appin.[MORE]
Valuable horse stabbed to death
A thoroughbred horse has been found stabbed to death in its paddock at Appin in south-west Sydney. [MORE]
Appin project named in mining climate change report
The WestVAMP initiative being used at the West Cliff mine at Appin has been named in an environmental report looking at how the New South Wales mining industry is adapting to climate change.[MORE]
Group blames canal collapse on longwall mining
An environmental group says longwall mining is likely to have been responsible for the collapse of a section of the Upper Canal near Appin in the New South Wales southern highlands.[MORE]
Sydney water supply in the clear
Sydney's water supply has returned to normal after a wall to a major canal was fixed.[MORE]
Collapse forces change in Sydney water supply
One of Sydney's main drinking water supply-canals has collapsed, forcing authorities to draw water from the Prospect Reservoir.[MORE]
Volunteers praised for controlling fire
Rural Fire Service personnel and volunteers have been commended for their work in extinguishing a bushfire at Appin over New Year's Day and yesterday.[MORE]
