Tuesday, 14 Jun 2011
BHP Billiton Ltd coking coal miners in Australia will down tools today for the first time in a decade, disrupting production from the world’s largest exporter of the steelmaking material.
Mr Stephen Smyth president of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union’s mining and energy division in Queensland said that the six hour stoppages are going ahead today as well as June 15 and June 18.
The union has said that as many as 4,000 workers at BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin will strike.
The union rejected an offer by the BMA venture to hold paid meetings on June 10 during working hours.
(Sourced from Bloomberg)
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