BHP Billiton To Resume Operations At Hay Point Coal Terminal
August 06 2009 - 7:53PM
Dow Jones News
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, or BMA, will resume normal
operations at Hay Point coal export terminal in northeast
Queensland after they were disrupted by Greenpeace protesters, a
BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) spokeswoman told Dow Jones Newswires on
Friday.
"We have lost two full days of shiploading operations...and are
pleased to confirm that all Greenpeace protesters have been safely
removed from the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance Hay Point Coal
Terminal, ending their illegal and dangerous protest," she
said.
The Greenpeace vessel The Esperanza has also left the port's
licensed area, she said.
The Hay Point Coal Terminal, located 38 kilometers south of
Mackay city, is jointly owned by BMA, one of Australia's largest
coal miners and exporters and the world's largest supplier to the
seaborne coking coal market, according to its website.
Greenpeace said in a statement that it will continue to take
peaceful direct action to highlight a link between the expansion of
the coal trade and the future of the Pacific Islands and the
injustice of Australia "abandoning our Pacific neighbors in support
of big polluters."
-By Ray Brindal, Dow Jones Newswires; 612-6208-0902;
ray.brindal@dowjones.com