BHP Billiton says it will ensure the protection of the prime agricultural land on the floodplain and deep alluvial irrigation aquifers in the Liverpool Plains.
The mining company has announced new initiatives for the Caroona Coal Project that will protect environment form long wall and open cut mining.
The group will not conduct long wall mining underneath the deep alluvial irrigation aquifers and the floodplain. Nor will it carry out open cut mining on the floodplain.
BHP Billiton also announced its commitment to provide a share of the funding for the Government's Independent Water Study currently being implemented and to incorporate the findings of the Water Study as part of any environmental assessment it undertakes.
BHP Billiton President, Energy Coal, Jimmy Wilson says this strikes a balance between protecting the valuable agricultural land and the potential of thousands of jobs that mining could bring to the region.
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