{"id":10010,"date":"2012-04-18T04:20:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T02:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/update-1-bhp-iron-ore-coal-mines-hit-by-bad-weather-strikes\/"},"modified":"2012-04-18T04:20:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T02:20:24","slug":"update-1-bhp-iron-ore-coal-mines-hit-by-bad-weather-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-bhp-iron-ore-coal-mines-hit-by-bad-weather-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-BHP iron ore, coal mines hit by bad weather, strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">SYDNEY, April 18<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; BHP Billiton<br \/>\non Wednesday posted sharp drops in iron ore and coal production<br \/>\nover the March quarter due to bad weather and labour unrest.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Iron ore output fell 8 percent, while metallurgical coal<br \/>\nproduction was down 14 percent against the previous quarter, the<br \/>\nworld&#8217;s biggest miner said in its latest quarterly operations<br \/>\nreport.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>BHP said production from its Queensland collieries supplying<br \/>\nsteel-making coal was still constrained as a result of an<br \/>\nongoing campaign of rolling work stoppages and other industrial<br \/>\naction by roughly a third of its workforce coupled with the<br \/>\nimpact of heavy rains.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The extent to which industrial action will continue to<br \/>\naffect production, sales and unit costs is difficult to predict,<br \/>\nhowever with inventories now severely depleted, the impact on<br \/>\nfuture quarters may be significant,&#8221; BHP said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Iron ore output totaled 37.9 million tonnes, down 8 percent<br \/>\nfrom the December quarter though 14 percent higher versus the<br \/>\nsame period a year ago.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copper production rose 3 percent from a year ago to 281,400<br \/>\ntonnes in the March quarter, which included 87,700 tonnes of<br \/>\nmined copper and 47,400 tonnes of copper cathode from the<br \/>\nEscondida mine in Chile,  the world&#8217;s largest copper mine, BHP<br \/>\nBilliton said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>BHP Billiton is the world&#8217;s third-biggest iron ore miner<br \/>\nbehind Brazil&#8217;s Vale and Rio Tinto, and the<br \/>\nsecond-largest copper producer after Chile&#8217;s Codelco.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, April 18 (Reuters) &#8211; BHP Billiton on Wednesday posted sharp drops in iron ore and coal production over the March quarter due to bad weather and labour unrest. 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