Coal industry's turn to feel the effects of Chinese downturn

By Brian Robins
Updated September 17 2014 - 8:13pm, first published 2:38am
Cloudy: Australian miners have been rushing to clarify what new Chinese regulations will mean for their operations. Photo: Robert Roughdust
Cloudy: Australian miners have been rushing to clarify what new Chinese regulations will mean for their operations. Photo: Robert Roughdust
Cloudy: Australian miners have been rushing to clarify what new Chinese regulations will mean for their operations. Photo: Robert Roughdust
Cloudy: Australian miners have been rushing to clarify what new Chinese regulations will mean for their operations. Photo: Robert Roughdust
Cloudy: Australian miners have been rushing to clarify what new Chinese regulations will mean for their operations. Photo: Robert Roughdust
Cloudy: Australian miners have been rushing to clarify what new Chinese regulations will mean for their operations. Photo: Robert Roughdust
Cloudy: Australian miners have been rushing to clarify what new Chinese regulations will mean for their operations. Photo: Robert Roughdust
Cloudy: Australian miners have been rushing to clarify what new Chinese regulations will mean for their operations. Photo: Robert Roughdust
Coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland. Photo: Peter Braig
Coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland. Photo: Peter Braig
Coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland. Photo: Peter Braig
Coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland. Photo: Peter Braig
Coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland. Photo: Peter Braig
Coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland. Photo: Peter Braig
Coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland. Photo: Peter Braig
Coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland. Photo: Peter Braig

Last week it was iron ore, where a sustained price slide caused the collapse of one miner while putting a cloud over the prospects of a number of the others.

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