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Coal loading at the Hay Point Coal Terminal, south of Mackay, has resumed after a group of Greenpeace activists ended their two-day protest.
Long night: Protesters at Hay Point cause two-day suspension of coal loading
Queensland police last night removed the four protesters who had suspended themselves from coal loading cabling at the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) terminal since Wednesday morning.
Greenpeace vessel The Esperanza, which had blocked access to Hay Point, left the port's licensed area last night, BMA said.
The protest forced BMA to shut its coal loading operations to ensure the safety of its workforce.
BMA said it had lost two full days of shiploading but declined to reveal how much coal throughput had been delayed as a result of the protest.
The terminal loads about 100,000 tonnes of coal on average each day.
The protest followed a separate incident involving a group of Greenpeace activists who were charged by police on Tuesday after climbing part of the Abbot Point Coal Terminal, about 200 km further north, in a bid to get the Federal Government to act on climate change.
The protesters are due to begin appearing in court next week.
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