BlueScope contract stop hits Peabody ahead of closure

Ben Langford
Updated December 4 2020 - 5:44pm, first published 5:22pm
BATTERY: Coal is burned to make coke in the ovens at BlueScope's steelworks.
BATTERY: Coal is burned to make coke in the ovens at BlueScope's steelworks.

BlueScope halting its purchase of coal from Peabody's Metropolitan Colliery has emerged as a factor leading to the mine's shutdown for eight weeks from January.

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Ben Langford

Ben Langford

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