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It will be "some months" until coal mines affected by floods in Queensland are fully operation, the state's mining minister Stephen Robertson has said.
Operators of about 40 mines have been affected by the floods.
Queensland produces mostly coking coal used for steel making, but also produces thermal coal used in power stations.
And there are concerns the floods will see the price of coal rising - pushing up the cost of steel and electricity.
Coal worth about 100m Australian dollars (£64m; .7m) was usually shipped out of Queensland ports every day.
The Queensland floods have led to the temporary closure of mines that account for 8% of global thermal coal exports, mines with an annual capacity of 57.3 million tonnes of thermal coal have either declared force majeure or have reduced production because of the rains.
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