mw article on sa coal , page-2

Australia coal terminal faces more labor action


By Robb M. Stewart

MELBOURNE (MarketWatch) -- Australia's Port Kembla Coal Terminal south of Sydney said Friday it faces a series of further strikes that threaten to backlog thermal and coking coal exports.


BHP is caught in another industrial dispute in Queensland state's Bowen Basin. Three unions representing roughly 3,500 workers have threatened a seven-day strike at seven coking coal mines co-owned with Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. as negotiations over a new workplace agreement remain deadlocked.

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