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Tackling a $1.2 billion problem for Australian farmers using dirt-cheap crushed volcanic rock

Cheap volcanic rock that languishes in open-cut mines and quarries could transform Australia's farming sector as a natural fertilizer, boosting crop yields and removing carbon dioxide from the ...
U.S. News & World Report

BHP to Suspend Operations, Cut Jobs at Australian Coking Coal Mine

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP will suspend operations and cut 750 jobs at a Queensland coking coal mine it shares with a unit of Mitsubishi, blaming low prices and high state government royalties that ...