BHP to suspend operations, cut jobs at Australian coking coal mine

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP will suspend operations and cut 750 jobs at a Queensland coking coal mine it shares with a unit of Mitsubishi, blaming low prices and high state government royalties that have dented its returns, it said on Wednesday. BHP Mitsubishi Alliance's (BMA) Saraji South, part of the Saraji Mine Complex, will be placed into care and maintenance from November 2025, it said in a statement. The Saraji complex produced 8.2 million metric tons of coking coal in the year to June 2025. BHP, on ...