MINES

Wesfarmers selling Curragh

SPECULATION over the future of Wesfarmers’ Curragh coal operation in Queensland has ended with the conglomerate agreeing to sell it for $700 million to the US Coronado Coal Group.

Noel Dyson
Wesfarmers has struck a deal to sell its Curragh coal mine for $700 million.

Wesfarmers has struck a deal to sell its Curragh coal mine for $700 million.

The deal includes the Curragh mine assets and Mineral Development License 162. Curragh produces 8.5 million tonnes per annum of export metallurgical coal and 3.5Mtpa of thermal coal, which is sold to...

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