Australia's QCoal says worker dies at coking coal mine
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E-mailMELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's QCoal said on Saturday a worker had died at its Byerwen coking coal mine in the northeastern state of Queensland, but gave no further details.
Brisbane-based QCoal runs the open-cut mine in the Bowen Basin, of which it owns 85%, in a joint venture with Japan's JFE Steel Corp.
"QCoal sadly confirms there has been a fatality ... this morning," it said in a statement. It was unclear if the mine, which produces up to 10 million tonnes of coking coal a year, was still operating.
A fire in June at Anglo American's Moranbah coal mine in the region helped underpin prices for the steel-making ingredient.
(Reporting by Melanie Burton; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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