80 Contractor Jobs to be Dropped from Ravensworth Mine

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

Construction Work Starts On New Tafe Facility At Salamander Bay

 BY IAN CROUCH

Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter, Catherine Cusack will join Port Stephens Mayor, Ryan Palmer to turn the first sod to mark the start of construction of the multi-million dollar dollar Tomaree Connected Learning Centre at Salamander Bay today.

The $7 million dollar TAFE Centre allows students to learn with a teacher and other students in a virtual online classroom.

It will allow local students to connect online to TAFE courses not offered in the Hunter region to other colleges across the state where those courses are offered.

The Tomaree CLC was promised by the government at the last election.