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Lucinda Garbutt-Young

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Australias mining sector burning through more diesel - Caught on Camera

Mining companies are having to dig deeper and move more soil, pushing up their diesel consumption. (Kim Christian/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's mining industry is using a quarter more diesel than it did four years ago just to achieve the same output, despite fuel shortages crippling the nation.

Every major Australian coal mining company is using more fuel now than in 2021/22, modelling from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis shows.

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