BY KAYNE STEPHENS
Up to 80 workers will be cut from a Yancoal and Glencore joint venture mine site near Singleton next year.
The Hunter Valley Operations mine at Ravensworth will drop around 80 contractors from its mining, coal preparation, and maintenance departments.
Hunter Valley Operations is a 51:49% joint-venture between Yancoal and Glencore.
A spokesman for Hunter Valley Operations says it will keep all of its permanent staff, but is reducing its coal processing requirements as "a result of ongoing economic and energy demand impacts arising from the COVID-19 pandemic".
The company says the revised production plan has meant some contracting roles won't be required when the changes take effect from January 2021.
The mine site near Singleton will lose around 80 contractors following changes to its production plans. Image: Yancoal
