Only 27% of votes cast at the company’s annual meeting in Sydney were in favour of cutting ties with industry organizations in favour of fossil fuels.

The miner, which spun out of BHP in 2015, has been trying to sell its South African thermal coal operations for more than a year.

The industry is increasingly split along climate change lines.

Lignite and bituminous coal produced 50% less energy than renewables in Germany during the first three quarters of 2019.