据保罗-阿兰·亨特报道，格伦科尔公司（Glencore Plc）和Yancoal Australia有限公司获得了他们在澳大利亚东部亨特谷地区共同拥有的煤矿的重大扩建批准，这使得这些煤矿的运营可以持续到2045年。
By Paul-Alain Hunt Glencore Plc and Yancoal Australia Ltd. have received approval for a major expansion of their jointly owned coal mines in the Hunter Valley region of eastern Australia that enables operations to continue until 2045.
Yancoal在一份声明中表示，新南威尔士州规划委员会在经过六年的审查后，于周三批准了这一亨特谷运营延续项目。这一扩建将使煤炭产量增加4.3亿吨。
The New South Wales state planning commission approved the Hunter Valley Operations Continuation Project on Wednesday after a six-year process, Yancoal said in a statement. This will enable the extraction of a further 430 million tons of coal.
据格伦科尔称，这些煤矿目前每年生产约4200万吨煤炭，主要用于出口到发电站和钢铁厂。
The mines currently produce around 42 million tons a year for export to power stations and steel mills, according to Glencore.
独立规划委员会在声明中提到，批准的同时附带了一些义务，包括‘将煤炭出口限制在那些有减少温室气体排放政策的地区，最大限度地利用矿场中的可再生能源，并购买额外的碳抵消额度’。”}{
The approval comes with obligations to “limit coal exports to jurisdictions that have policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement, maximizing the use of renewable energy at the mines, and purchasing additional carbon offsets,” the Independent Planning Commission said in a statement. London-listed Glencore operates the mines with a 49% stake, while Yancoal owns the balance.