Fire shuts Peabody coal mine and there’s no estimate for restart
The Shoal Creek mine, about 56 kilometers west of Birmingham, is the company’s lone producer of metallurgical coal for export.
Coal miner Bumi Plc, a venture between financier Nat Rothschild and Indonesia’s Bakrie family, said it was on track to hit its 2011 output goal after a 35 percent rise in third-quarter production, with prices ahead of expectations. Indonesia-focused Bumi,…