Wednesday, December 21

Questions over waste salt from coal seam gas plant

TIM PALMER: Coal seam gas could help spawn another industry in rural Queensland and New South Wales - salt manufacturing.

When gas is extracted from the coal seam, an enormous amount of salty water comes with it and gas companies have to invest billions of dollars treating this salty water and putting it to use.

Peter McCutcheon reports.

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