Rio and Xstrata take cuts of thermal coal contracts

Renegotiations of coal contracts could cause export earnings to slump $35bn it was reported this morning.

Two of Australia's largest thermal coal producers, Xstrata and Rio Tinto, dropped their prices to $US70 a tonne yesterday after dramatic renegotiations with Japanese...

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