Avonbank mineral sands' company informs farmers their land will be used for a 3,000-hectare mine, under compulsorily acquisition powers in Victoria's Mining Act.
A Chinese-backed mining company has told farmers their land in western Victoria will be used for a mineral sands mine.
Victoria's Mining Act allows mining companies to compulsorily acquire land once granted a mining licence. It means WIM Resource could have the power to compulsorily acquire the Johns family's property for the duration of the mine's life."Growing up and spending … times with my father and mum, who passed away a few years ago, this is super important to me,” Mr Johns said.
Andrew Weidemann is the research and development spokesperson for Grain Producers Australia, and a local farmer.) WIM Resource plans to mine a maximum of 400 hectares at any one time before moving onto other holes, so previous pits can be rehabilitated.The company said this technique was less invasive and only three years would be required before mined land could be sown again.
He said in other areas, holes being backfilled weren't compacted properly, so the ground sank and made it impossible to crop."A lot of that land that was here prior to us being here was not suitable for agriculture," head of rare earths Daniel McGrath said.
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