Whitehaven to buy Winchester South for US$200M

WHITEHAVEN Coal is extending its coal operations out of New South Wales for the first time after clinching an agreement to pay US$200 ($A260) million for Rio Tinto’s 75% share of the Winchester South coking and thermal coal development project in Queensland.

Whitehaven Coal CEO Paul Flynn.

23 March 2018
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The acquisition could lift Whitehaven's coal production by 7.5 million tonnes a year when the open pit coal mine is fully developed.

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