Coal jobs in New South Wales highest in 10 years

摘要

New data released by Coal Services shows that there were 23,850 direct coal mining jobs in December 2022, the highest end of year result since 2012. In the Hunter, NSW largest coal mining region, there were 14,382 jobs in December 2022. This is the highest end-of-year result in eight years, notwithstanding a slightly higher result in October 2022. In July 2014, coal mining jobs in the Hunter were just over 14,000. However by December 2014, coal mining job numbers in the Hunter had fallen to just over 12,600 due to a market downturn.