Bowen Coal Goes Under as Increased Mining Royalties Bite

Bowen Coking Coal’s Burton coal mine has been placed in administration, putting around 500 jobs in jeopardy.
Bowen Coal Goes Under as Increased Mining Royalties Bite
A general view of the coal-fired Callide A Power Station in Biloela, Queensland in Australia on Jan. 19, 2025. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images
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The owners of Bowen Coking Coal have placed the company into liquidation but say its operations will continue to trade on a “business-as-usual basis while a sale and/or recapitalisation process is undertaken.”

“This includes the operations at the Burton Mine Complex located in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, which will continue uninterrupted,” it said in an investor announcement.

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