Rehabilitating Our Future: Over 350,000 Plants and Counting!

IAt Yallourn Mine, we are dedicated to environmental sustainability through our extensive rehabilitation efforts. Since 1999, we have planted 352,023 seedlings in our rehabilitation and conservation areas. This is part of our initiative to restore disturbed and degraded land into safe, stable, and sustainable conditions.

Our rehabilitation activities include removing infrastructure, reshaping land, covering coal, building drainage, and planting grassland or woodland. These efforts help stabilise the land against erosion and support our plan to create a flooded pit lake once Yallourn close in mid 2028. 

Over the past 20 years, we have rehabilitated more land than we have disturbed, completing over 1500 hectares of rehabilitation. This includes seeding native vegetation across 298 hectares of mine land, using 20,440 grams of native seed and 112 species of local provenance. All seeds are collected from the Yallourn site to ensure harmony with the local ecosystem.

We have also reduced the exposed coal area from 368 hectares to 242 hectares over the last 10 years, reducing fire risk. Additionally, we have reused or preserved over 400,000 cubic metres of topsoil for future rehabilitation works and placed over 25 million cubic metres of geotechnical buttressing fill within the mine.

At Yallourn Mine, we are proud of our commitment to environmental sustainability and the positive impact of our rehabilitation efforts. With over 350,000 plants already in the ground, reshaped land, and pit lake planning well progressed, we are well on our way to rehabilitating the site.

EnergyAustralia is committed to transforming the Yallourn site into a landscape that creates the potential for ongoing prosperity and amenity for all. One that is an example of what can be achieved when business, government, communities, and custodians of the land work together.

 Rehabilitation Highlights:

• 352,023 seedlings planted since 1999.

• 1500 hectares of land rehabilitated over the past 20 years.

• 298 hectares of mine land seeded with native vegetation.

• 20,440 grams of native seed used.

• 112 species of local provenance used for seeding.

• Exposed coal area reduced from 368 hectares to 242 hectares over the last 10 years.

• Over 400,000 cubic metres of topsoil reused or preserved.

• Over 25 million cubic metres of geotechnical buttressing fill placed within the mine.