NEWS

New stage curtains at Jerrys Plains Community Hall 

Visitors to the Jerrys Plains Community Hall will be impressed with the newly upgraded stage curtains thanks to a joint donation between Yancoal Australia’s Ashton and Mount Thorley Warkworth (MTW) mines, Glencore Coal’s United Wambo Joint Venture and Hunter Valley Operations.  The community hall is extremely popular and frequently hired by the local school, mother […]

New book records history of Singleton dairy industry

Hunter Valley Operations has joined three other local mines – United Wambo, Bulga Coal and Mount Owen Glendell – to support the printing of a new book on the important role the Singleton butter factory and dairy co-op made to the local dairy industry and the community. A Place in Time traces the history of […]

HVO supports 2024 Singleton Art Prize

Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) again sponsored the Singleton Art Prize through a 2024 HVO community grant.

The winner of the 2024 HVO Still Life Prize is Newcastle artist John Edge for his work “Still Life by Eggs”.

New HVO grants support 20 community projects

Help for Hunter Valley community and business groups to put on events, food for people experiencing homelessness, and programs to give local school kids skills for their future is on its way thanks to Hunter Valley Operations’ latest community grants. The mine has awarded 20 grants to not for profit organisations who can find it […]

Mining apprentice stars on football field

First year Hunter Valley Operation’s (HVO) apprentice Lilly-Jane Williams is an inspiring and talented trail blazer at work and on the football field. The 16 year old Singleton resident says she is living her dream of working as a plant mechanic. Her other passion is rugby league, and she also dreams of one day playing […]

HVO community grant supports PCYC Book Fair and youth programs

HVO community grant supports PCYC Book Fair and youth programs Hunter book lovers will be able to pick up some great reads while raising funds for local PCYC youth programs at this month’s Singleton PCYC Book Fair. HVO is supporting the PCYC to put on the book fair for the third year running through a […]

Congratulations 2024 Singleton Business Awards Winners

Congratulations to Morgan Engineering NSW for taking out the HVO sponsored Excellence in Innovation Award at the 2024 Singleton Business Awards. The McDougalls Hill based company also took home the President’s Award and Excellence in Large Business Award and was inducted into the Hall of Fame for winning the Excellence in Innovation category three years […]

The facts on HVO’s proposal to continue mining

This opinion piece by HVO General Manager Dave Foster was published in the Newcastle Herald on July 2. I am the general manager of the Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) coal mine, a Singleton resident and a father. I want my community to continue to prosper, not be left behind, while we transition to a lower […]

Fun day thanks HVO family and celebrates past, present and future

More than 4,000 members of Hunter Valley Operations’ (HVO) family came together to celebrate the past and present, focus on the future and have some fun together at the HVO Family Day on May 25. HR manager Amy Hartmann said HVO’s family includes employees and permanent contractors, their family members, charity partners and major suppliers. […]

HVO to update local business communities at Chamber events

The business communities of Singleton and Muswellbrook will get an update from Hunter Valley Operation’s General Manager Dave Foster on the mine’s operations and proposal to continue mining at upcoming Chamber breakfasts in May. Dave will speak at the Muswellbrook Chamber of Commerce and Industry breakfast on May 7 and the Business Singleton breakfast on […]