$55m sand mine plan for Salt Ash
THE Stockton peninsula's sand industry continues to grow with plans for a $55 million mine at Salt Ash on display for public comment.
The mine is proposed by Hunter construction company ATB Morton on a 73-hectare site where Janet Parade meets Nelson Bay Road at Salt Ash.
ATB Morton spokesman Steve Smith said most of the sand was destined for the company's Redicrete concrete plants at Tomago, Cameron Park and Berkeley Vale but some was likely to be sold on the open market.
The quarry would employ four people using front-end loaders and trucks to mine about 3.7 million tonnes of sand at a rate of about about 200,000 tonnes a year for 18 to 20 years.
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