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Nathan Tinkler in 2021.

Failed billionaire Nathan Tinkler dodges another liquidation amid battle with coal giant

The struggling mining magnate and coal giant Whitehaven Coal appear to have put a very long-running dispute over a major coal deal behind them.

  • Sarah Danckert

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The Daunia coal mine in Queensland is one of the two mines put up for sale by BHP and its partner, Japan’s Mitsubishi.

BHP sells Queensland coking coal mines to Whitehaven

Whitehaven Coal has won the bidding for two of BHP and Mitsubishi’s coking coalmines in Queensland.

  • Sybilla Gross and Megawati Wijaya
Coal miners are facing intense investor activism as they struggle to fund new projects.

Coal king under fire as major investor targets executive pay

A fund campaigning against Whitehaven Coal’s proposed purchase of two BHP mines is planning an advertising and letter blitz targeting shareholders.

  • Simon Johanson
Thermal coal - primarily used to generate power and heat - made up 94 per cent of Whitehaven’s sales over the year at an average price of $445 per tonne.

Coal giant faces investor revolt as shareholders launch campaign

Australia’s largest pure-play coal miner Whitehaven is facing an investor push to return billions of dollars to shareholders as it seeks to keep the cash to expand.

  • Simon Johanson
Whitehaven’s ambitious expansion plans would boost its greenhouse gas emissions, climate think thank Ember has warned.

Whitehaven’s plans could double its methane emissions, think tank warns

Whitehaven Coal’s ambitions to expand its mining operations could undermine Australia’s global climate commitments.

  • Aaron Clark
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Australia’s banks have decided not to lend money to Whitehaven’s thermal coal mines.

‘What went wrong here?’: Big banks refuse coal king $1b debt refinance

Australia’s big banks have refused to refinance a billion-dollar loan to miner Whitehaven Coal.

  • Simon Johanson
NSW will introduce a domestic coal reservation policy to ease the threat of a worsening energy crisis.

Whitehaven boss ‘blindsided’ by NSW coal reservation scheme

Whitehaven Coal, one of the largest Australian coal miners, says it has been blindsided by a NSW government’s plan to establish a coal reservation scheme.

  • Nick Toscano
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has said the expansion of the domestic reservation arrangements twill even the playing field among coal producers.

NSW Treasurer hopes to even the playing field with coal scheme

Thermal coal companies in NSW will need to set aside between 7 and 10 per cent of their output for the domestic market, but the decision has been met with outrage by the industry.

  • Laura Chung
The La Nina weather event has disrupted production at the companies open cut mines.

Extreme weather dampens Australian coal miner’s outlook

Whitehaven Coal has blamed the La Nina weather event for problems at its open cut coal mines in the Hunter Valley and north-west slopes of NSW.

  • Billie Eder and Nick Toscano

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