Mining
Gold is the region's founding fact and it is still worked today. Cadia, near Orange, is one of the country's largest gold mines and employs around 1,800 people; the Northparkes and Cowal operations sit further west, and the Ulan coalfield lies near Mudgee. Each carries real economic and environmental stories, from production and jobs to seismic suspensions and expansion assessments.
We cover the mines on the documents: the operators' ASX and investor releases for what a company says of itself, and the NSW major-projects planning portal, the modifications, environmental statements, submissions and determinations, for the assessment record that is the first-hand trail. Nothing we cannot stand up about an operator or a landholder is published.
Mining
On Newmont’s own figures Cadia is the region’s economic giant: 1,800 jobs, $5.04 million in 2025 community investment and a stated $1.2 billion in gross regional value. Its own seismic updates record the other half, a magnitude-4.5 event in April that paused underground mining.
24 July 2026