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Coal can power the restart, not divestment: Pitt

Peter Ker
Peter KerResources reporter

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Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt has lashed the ''misguided" lenders that have vowed to abandon coal, saying new mining and energy projects will be crucial in waking the economy from its coronavirus slumber.

Resources minister Keith Pitt says we are going to need more Carmichael mines and other resource developments to get us back to a pre-COVID footing. 

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Peter Ker covers resource companies for The Australian Financial Review, based in Melbourne. Connect with Peter on Twitter. Email Peter at pker@afr.com

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