BHP records higher coking coal output, lower thermal coal in Q1

BHP, the Australian multinational mining and metals group, recorded 4.87 million tonnes of coking coal production (BHP share 50%) during July-September, the first quarter of Australia's fiscal year 2025-26 (Q1 FY26), according to the company's quarterly report released on October 2. The total marked an 8% increase from the same quarter last year.

The growth was mainly attributed to higher production rates at the Broadmeadow mine in Queensland and increased prime stripping. Broadmeadow is a longwall underground operation whose output is processed jointly with coal from the Goonyella Riverside opencast mine. Coal production from the Goonyella cluster surged 38% YoY to 1.88