BHP posts second straight year of record iron ore production, beats estimates
The world's largest listed miner said iron ore output from Western Australia on a 100% basis was 76.8 million tonnes in the three months to June 30.
It was the last Friday in September last year, after a week dealing with the death of Gerry Gibson, killed in a rockfall at Kellingley pit in 2011, that the chairman of UK Coal decided enough was enough.
There had been six deaths in five years at its…
