Mining plays a vital role in the economic prosperity of the Mid Western Region. The sector is the region’s largest employer (19% of the total labour force). It accounts for more than 50% of the value of goods and services produced in the region.
Spending by our staff and their families as well by our mine on goods and services supports local businesses and flow on jobs.
Wilpinjong Mine vital to local business
HIC Services opened its Mudgee office in 2010 because of the work it was receiving from Wilpinjong Mine.
The company’s core service offering is wear prevention, which includes the supply of coal separating equipment, offering additional services in onsite inspections and maintenance in the Coal Handling and Preparation Plant.
In its Mudgee workshop, staff refurbish chutes with industrial tiling methods, and paint equipment for corrosion control.
About 20 local people work for the company but it has employed as many as 30 and continues to grow. Area Manager Dave Hanna says our mine is one of its biggest customers.
“Wilpinjong and other local mines are the reason we continue to base ourselves in Mudgee. The additional advantage we have in servicing our customers is offering employment within the local community,” Dave says.
“Local mines do a lot for smaller communities and help to boost local employment rates. Mudgee would be a much smaller town if it wasn’t for mines such as Wilpinjong.”
