Rain makes coal heavy, slippery and harder to dig up. So what does La Niña mean for this already disrupted industry?

  • Written by: Lurion De Mello, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Macquarie University
Rain makes coal heavy, slippery and harder to dig up. So what does La Niña mean for this already disrupted industry?Kelly Barnes/AAP

As the La Niña weather event wreaks havoc across New South Wales, coal operators are suffering. The Australian coal company Whitehaven is among them – last week slashing its production forecasts after disruption by floods and heavy rain.

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