Australia’s Whitehaven Coal output falls on labour crunch

Australia's Whitehaven Coal output falls on labour crunch
The logo of Australia's biggest independent coal miner Whitehaven Coal Ltd is displayed on their office building located in the north-western New South Wales town of Gunnedah in Australia

(Reuters) – Australia’s Whitehaven Coal Ltd reported a 5% drop in third-quarter production on Wednesday as adverse weather and a labour shortage worsened by COVID-19 dented output.

The country’s largest independent coal miner said managed run-of-mine coal production came in at 5.2 million tonnes (Mt) for the three months to March 31, compared with 5.5 Mt a year ago.

(Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan and Jaskiran Singh; Editing by Aditya Soni)

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