MANAGEMENT

BCC shuttering Bluff

WITH mining costs blowing out and the price of pulverised coal injection coal subdued, Bowen Coking Coal is putting its Bluff mine, near Blackwater, Queensland, into care and maintenance.

Bluff should be on care and maintenance by the end of November.

Bluff should be on care and maintenance by the end of November.

The mine should be shuttered by the end of November. Earlier this month BCC announced it had lost $35.6 million on Bluff. Following a review it was decided that suspending mining at Bluff prior to...

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