Local Suppliers Speak Out on Impact of Myuna Uncertainty

Local Suppliers Speak Out on Impact of Myuna Uncertainty
What: Myuna Supplier media availability – impact on local businesses
When: Tuesday Feb 10, 12:30pm
Where: Myuna Colliery
Who: Representatives of UTS (Underground Trades Services) Group and Port Hunter Conveyors, and Brad Pidgeon, NSW Secretary, AMWU

Myuna Colliery – 12:30pm Feb 10, 2026

Local businesses that rely on Myuna Colliery will front media tomorrow to outline the real-world economic impact that Myuna’s potential closure would cause and the impact it is already having on contractors, suppliers and their workers across Lake Macquarie and the Hunter.

Representatives from Cardiff-based UTS Group and Mayfield-based Port Hunter Conveyors will be available for interview at 12:30pm at Myuna Colliery to discuss how potential closure would affect their businesses, employees and the broader regional economy. Brad Pidgeon, NSW Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, will be in attendance to speak to the effect on manufacturing throughout the region.

Details
What: Myuna Supplier media availability – impact on local businesses
When: Tuesday Feb 10, 12:30pm
Where: Myuna Colliery
Who: Representatives of UTS (Underground Trades Services) Group and Port Hunter Conveyors, and Brad Pidgeon, NSW Secretary, AMWU

Media are invited to attend. Interview opportunities and vision of supplier representatives will be available on site.

Background
Myuna Colliery exists solely to supply coal to Origin’s Eraring Power Station via a dedicated conveyor system and employs around 300 direct workers, with more than a thousand additional jobs supported through contractors and local supply chains. Acute uncertainty has arisen due to ongoing commercial negotiations between mine operator Centennial Coal and Origin Energy over the terms of a future coal supply agreement. Centennial has indicated that offers to date do not cover operating costs and would result in closure, despite the NSW Government’s decision to extend the life of Eraring Power Station to 2029.