Whitehaven Posts Impressive Results
Whitehaven Coal, Australia’s leading independent coal company with five operating mines in northwest New South Wales, has reported a net profit after tax of $405.4 million for the fiscal year ending June 30. While costs had increased modestly to $58 per metric ton (mt), the company reported sales of $1.77 billion, up 52%.
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Paringa Breaks Ground on New Poplar Grove Mine
Paringa Resources Ltd., the newest entrant in the Illinois Basin (ILB) steam coal market, began construction in August on its 2.8-million-ton-per-year (t/y) Poplar Grove underground steam coal mine, the first of two deep mines planned by the Australian company for its extensive Buck Creek reserve in western Kentucky.