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Global 'headwinds' could see the giant Muswellbrook coal mine sold to Yancoal

By Joanne McCarthy
February 13 2020 - 5:00am
Towering: A part of the massive Mount Arthur thermal coal mine site near Muswellbrook. Picture: Jonathan Carroll.
Towering: A part of the massive Mount Arthur thermal coal mine site near Muswellbrook. Picture: Jonathan Carroll.

BHP has not denied reports it is close to announcing the sale of Mount Arthur coal mine at Muswellbrook less than a year after its chief executive warned of the "existential" risk of global dependence on fossil fuels.

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