BHPB met coal sales remain strike-hit

摘要

bhp billiton HAS again cited prolonged industrial action at its Queensland mines as the major reason for lower met coal output and sales in the six months to the end of December 2011. A statement showed that a better performance from the company's Illawarra operations in New South Wales was insufficient to prevent a dip in hard coking coal sales to 12.84mt for the half, down 13.0% year-on-year from 14.77mt previously.