China coal ban to put more pressure on struggling mines

By Peter Ker and Brian Robins with Philip Wen, Beijing
Updated September 18 2014 - 9:18am, first published 12:21am
Coal mining at Musswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, an area that will likely be hit hard by new Chinese regulations. Photo: Rob Homer
Coal mining at Musswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, an area that will likely be hit hard by new Chinese regulations. Photo: Rob Homer
Coal mining at Musswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, an area that will likely be hit hard by new Chinese regulations. Photo: Rob Homer
Coal mining at Musswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, an area that will likely be hit hard by new Chinese regulations. Photo: Rob Homer
Coal mining at Musswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, an area that will likely be hit hard by new Chinese regulations. Photo: Rob Homer
Coal mining at Musswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, an area that will likely be hit hard by new Chinese regulations. Photo: Rob Homer
Coal mining at Musswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, an area that will likely be hit hard by new Chinese regulations. Photo: Rob Homer
Coal mining at Musswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, an area that will likely be hit hard by new Chinese regulations. Photo: Rob Homer

A ban on imports of poor quality coal into China may push already strained Australian mines to the wall as China looks to prop up its own mines.

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