Floods in eastern Australia, affecting the states of New South Wales and Queensland, have impacted operations at coal mines in the region, stalled railway transportation, affected port schedules and disrupted supply chains in general, mainly for thermal coal exports. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now With weather conditions getting worse, companies and government officials were still assessing the impact, but market participants expect more rail and port infrastructure to be affected in coming days. Miner Glencore said in a statement March 23 about its coal operations that it had taken “precautionary measures, including the decision to operate at reduced capacity at some sites” and that train movements to the Port of Newcastle had been […]