INTERNATIONAL COAL NEWS

Have your say: Boom or bust?

IN THE wake of BHP Billiton's job slashing doom and gloom has come to perch fairly in coal's corn...

Angie Tomlinson

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With coal prices expected to halve and coal companies are laying off contractors and their own workers, it seems there is little but bad news.

But is that really the case? Is the slowing commodity demand impacting your company or your own livelihood?

International Longwall News would like to know how the “end of the mining boom” is impacting you.

Either email us at editorial@longwalls.com or click the “have your say” button below.

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