Wilpinjong Mine Raises $23,000 for Pink Up Mudgee Breast Cancer Fundraiser
In October, the team at Wilpinjong Mine proudly raised $23,000 for Pink Up Mudgee, a breast cancer initiative, with funds presented to the organisation in November. Pink Up Mudgee was the first community event to turn the town pink for the McGrath Foundation, originally founded by Mudgee local Hugh, who had a personal connection to […]
New General Manager at Wilpinjong Mine
Experienced mine manager Mark Eaglesham has been appointed as the General Manager at the Wilpinjong Mine near Mudgee. Mr Eaglesham has more than 30 years of experience in a range of executive and operational mining roles including general manager of the Goonyella Riverside Mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. He is excited to make the move […]
Wilpinjong Mine Wins Environmental Excellence Award
Wilpinjong Mine’s construction of an innovative support structure to protect a microbat roosting site has seen it recognised as the winner of the NSW mining industry award for environmental excellence. The $40,000 support structure is at the entrance to an old oil shale mine that a large colony of microbats use as a temporary roosting […]
