Mining giant BHP to sell its thermal coal mines

Cecilia Keating
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World's largest mining company to exit thermal coal mining within two years and prioritise 'higher quality coking coal' for steelmaking

Mining giant BHP is to sell off all its remaining thermal coal mines within two years, it confirmed today, amid mounting mounting pressure from investors to distance itself from the polluting fuel...

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