“Workers at BHP Billiton's Bowen Basin
coal mines plan to strike again next week, extending a month's-long dispute
over working conditions”, the union said on Thursday.
Analysts opine that production would
come down by up to1 million tones at a full week of 12 -hour stoppages by the
mines total workforce of 10,000, which could support metallurgical coal prices.
“Workers at the BHP
Billiton-Mistubishi Alliance's (BMA) Goonyella Riverside, Saraji and Norwich
Park mines will hold stoppages ranging from as little as 24 hours to as long as
10 days”, Stephen Smyth, Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU)
district president said.
Smyth said the rest of the
seven BMA-operated mines were also expected to strike next week, but did not
provide details on the duration of the stoppages.
Sources – Reuters
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