Too Early to Gauge Impact of Cyclone Yasi on Metals, Coal

Mining Weekly.com reports that it is too early yet to declare the impact of Cyclone Yasi on coal and base metal mining in Queensland.

The editorial is quoted as saying:

The 30 000-tonnes-per-year QNI nickel refinery remained shut after the brunt of the Category 5 cyclone slammed into the coastline overnight packing winds of up to 300 km (186 miles) an hour near its core, a spokesman for the refinery said

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