CHART: The gold price may grab headlines, but coal's rally comes as a shocker – thermal prices are up 22% in 2016 and coking coal's back in triple digits.
The class action the firms want to appeal to, paves the way for thousands of current and former miners suffering from silicosis and tuberculosis to seek damage compensation from the companies.
The company said financial losses at the mine threaten the viability of the rest of the Cooke operations, which include four mines and three processing plants.
