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Koala habitat to be cleared (ha): 770 ha
- Lifetime Coal Combustion emissions (Mt CO₂-e): 23
Vitrinite’s Vulcan South mine on Barada Barna Country has been approved to clear 770ha of important koala habitat, and several other threatened species. The project would extract 1.9 million tonnes of coal for eight years. Almost all the project area is currently native bushland, in a largely fragmented area. Vitrinite is using environmental offsets to justify the project, which will do nothing to protect the koalas directly impacted by the proposed project. The Vulcan South project is directly adjacent to Vitrinite’s existing Vulcan coal mine which is approved to clear 200 hectares of koala habitat. Vitrinite has a poor environmental compliance record at its Vulcan mine. The company was found clearing koala habitat and mining coal without federal approval. Despite this, in December 2024 the Albanese government approved this disastrous koala killing coal mine.
Species likely to be impacted: Koala, greater glider, squatter pigeon, northern quoll, ornamental snake, Australian painted snipe, glossy black cockatoo