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Glencore raises it hard coking coal horizons: WoodMac

THE US$1.7 billion acquisition of Rio Tinto’s Hail Creek and Valeria assets will revitalise Glencore’s hard coking coal production profile, which has declined with the closure of its Oaky No. 1 mine in 2017 and the conclusion of the sale of Tahmoor to SIMEC, according to Wood Mackenzie analyst Viktor Tanevski

Glencore's Hail Creek mine will lift coking coal production for the company.

Glencore's Hail Creek mine will lift coking coal production for the company.

Tanevski said Glencore's metallurgical coal production was expected to rise 67% from 2017 to 2019 to 15 million tonnes with Hail Creek added to  its portfolio, excluding the impact of yet to be finalised...

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