(Bloomberg) -- Australian coal-mining companies may
lose more than A$350 million ($301 million) this year because
bottlenecks and storms are delaying ships outside Newcastle, the
world's largest coal-export port.
Xstrata Plc, the world's biggest thermal coal exporter,
estimates miners in New South Wales's Hunter Valley are paying
about A$1 million a day in penalties for idling ships, said
spokesman James Rickards. Demurrage may reach A$460 million in
2007, Australia's competition regulator estimated in March.
Read more at Bloomberg Energy News
lose more than A$350 million ($301 million) this year because
bottlenecks and storms are delaying ships outside Newcastle, the
world's largest coal-export port.
Xstrata Plc, the world's biggest thermal coal exporter,
estimates miners in New South Wales's Hunter Valley are paying
about A$1 million a day in penalties for idling ships, said
spokesman James Rickards. Demurrage may reach A$460 million in
2007, Australia's competition regulator estimated in March.
Read more at Bloomberg Energy News
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