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MONEYWEB LIVESTREAM The stampede to exit coal is a worrying harbinger for LNG: Russell South32 is one of several major coal miners seeking to exit a business that has become increasingly problematic. By Kenneth Maxwell, Bloomberg 20 Apr 2021  08:10  Open: Image: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg A global diversified miner paying to exit its coal assets, and a multi-bil-lion dollar investment by Qatar to reclaim its status as the world’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas have more in common than might be visible at first glance. South32, the Australian commodity producer spun out of BHP G...

Normal text size Very large text size Fifth-generation farmers Doug and Nic Robertson are out mustering some of the 300 breeder cattle on their property near Scone on a crisp mid-autumn morning, wondering how long their rural idyll can last. Nic Robertson joins her husband Doug, with their horse Hamish, as they muster cattle on their property near Scone. Credit:Janie Barrett Plans by Japanese trading giant Idemitsu to develop its Gateway project north-west of Muswellbrook in the Upper Hunter would bring an open-cut coal pit right next door. “They will literally be out the back from us,�...

Labor’s candidate for the Upper Hunter byelection Jeff Drayton, a coal miner and union official, says keeping more of the industry’s wealth in the region will be one focus of his campaign.

The BHP chief executive, Mike Henry, says a Chinese ban on Australian coal has added to the woes of BHP’s Mount Arthur coalmine, which the company has already written down by US$1.2bn and is trying to sell. Writedowns of Mount Arthur and other coal assets helped drive BHP’s profit for the six months to the ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A fleet of autonomous trucks have started operating at a second BHP mine site in Central Queensland, with the mining giant eyeing a completion of the rollout in the near future. In its half year financial update for the period ending December 31 2020, BHP said its driverless truck rollout at both Goonyella Riverside mine and Daunia mine were on track. "At the Goonyella Riverside mine in Queensland, the first coal site to implement autonomous haul trucks, the deployment of 86 autonomous trucks continues in line with the plan and is expected to be completed ea...