BHP pays penalty for 'orange fog': $100,000 for toxic blast fume damages

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated July 31 2015 - 6:54am, first published 4:00am
A blast at BHP's Mount Arthur Coal mine last year sent a deep orange red fume into the air and towards Muswellbrook industrial estate.
A blast at BHP's Mount Arthur Coal mine last year sent a deep orange red fume into the air and towards Muswellbrook industrial estate.

MOUNT Arthur Coal will pay more than $100,000 in penalties and costs after a toxic blast fume affected 14 people in a Muswellbrook industrial estate only hours after warnings a fume incident could occur.

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