BHPB beats port problems; lifts coking coal sales

摘要

BHP Billiton shook off the infrastructure constraints besetting most Australian producers and delivered a sizeable increase in coking coal output and shipments in the latest June year. It helps if you have a dedicated port. The company's own Hay Point terminal achieved record throughput in both the June quarter and the June year allowing production records at the Goonyella and Saraji mines. First output from the new Poitrel mine also helped. The company's June quarter filing showed its share of total hard coking coal shipments from. Queensland and Illawarra mines hit 27.58mt for the year, up 5.5 percent on 21.13mt in the previous year.