Chris Smith heads 280m underground at Airly Coal Mine

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3 жыл бұрын

Sky News host Chris Smith has headed 280 metres underground at Airly Coal Mine in New South Wales and taken a look at the processes required to produce the “invaluable resource” of coal.
In an Australian television first, Mr Smith broadcast from inside Airly thermal coal mine to see how it works, what emphasis is placed on safety, how they reach the seams of coal and what happens at the coal face.
He said the coal mine is an “inhospitable workplace”, but what is being produced is an “invaluable resource for Australia and the world”.

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@FoghornLeghorny420-69 2 жыл бұрын

Mining is responsible for nearly everything in our modern lives. Electricity in your house, the batteries in your phone and the steel in your car all is produced using Australian Thermal and Metallurgical coal ⛏⛏

@method341 3 жыл бұрын

I've worked underground before and let me tell you, it takes a unique sort of person to want to work down there long term.....

@meganmckenzie3389 3 жыл бұрын

From this Australian, I say thank you.

@Tassie_tiger 3 жыл бұрын

Same. I've spent many years down the hole. Mainly nickel and gold though, not coal.

@itsame6150 3 жыл бұрын

To you Han and Tassie Tiger thankyou a lot of people couldn't work underground. It's funny how most of the criticisers are pen pushers or should I say now keyboard tappers at their office desks

@LxToranaHatchy720hp 2 жыл бұрын

You mole 🤣🤣

@jamesmichell7256 2 жыл бұрын

I've been a career coal miner working my way through the ranks for 15+ years and let me give you the mail, you are not wrong it takes a very different person to work in a underground coal mine but the brotherhood is like no other and I wouldn't have changed it for the world!!! All these supposed greenies need to have a good think where the steel came from in their car, house, bridges they crossed, and everything else they use came from. Unless they are rolling around on a horse n carriage and they need to put their opinions up their arse because it's nothing but hypocrisy

@michaelhoward5333 3 жыл бұрын

Mining obviously is the backbone of rural Australia, it's a way of life to support families and communities, great people and hard work ethic

@HSFY2012 3 жыл бұрын

That may all be true, but coal mining is also inconsistent with a zero carbon future. Those emissions need to be curtailed and sooner rather than later, and it is unfortunate that these politicians will continue to sell lies to their constituencies to avoid hard decisions about the future of the industry.

@ItsThatMilkshake 2 жыл бұрын

No, its not you muppet. It employs FAR less people than you think.

@Ligmajohnson01 3 жыл бұрын

Start utilising it properly for Australians not selling it all

@Dudman83 8 ай бұрын

If we didn’t sell it we would only need 1% of what we mine. Imagine what would happen to our economy if we stopped selling the 99%

@RW-nr6bh Жыл бұрын

I worked in coal in Britain, as did my dad and uncle. Our deep mines are closed now. I enjoyed the work although I must admit I wouldn't go back now I have a new career. In the long term I am sure the world will move on from coal, but it can't happen overnight. I think coal will have a place for some time to come, and we should try to use it as efficiently as possible. What I hope Australia doesn't do is just throw the Coalfield communities on the scrapheap when they finally do move on. Britain handled the rundown of coal dreadfully.