AUSTRALIAN COAL
OPEN-CUT MINES' OUTPUT
Rec. 9 a.m. SYDNEY, April 27. Expansion of coal production from Australian open-cut mines is revealed by comparative figures released by the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner, Mr. Mighell. The output from this source in the first quarter of the year was 124.500 tons, compared with 25,700 tons for the corresponding period last year. The ovei-all .coal production for the quarter increased by 164,800 tons compared with the corresponding period last year. Almost 100,000 tons of the increase came from open-cut workings.
The total production for the first quarter of 1945 was 2.768,000 tons, qompared with 2,603,000 tons for the first quarter of last year.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 99, 28 April 1945, Page 7
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108AUSTRALIAN COAL Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 99, 28 April 1945, Page 7
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