In the historic mining town of Muswellbrook, on the Hunter river in northern New South Wales, mining might soon be history. BHP and Glencore, for decades the town’s major employers, have announced that they will wind down two enormous pits in the area within the next five years. Coal is becoming so expensive to get out of the ground that it is no longer profitable.
在新南威尔士(New South Wales)北部亨特河畔的历史矿业小镇马斯韦尔布鲁克，采矿业或许很快就将成为历史。几十年来一直是该镇主要雇主的必和必拓(BHP)和嘉能可(Glencore)，已宣布将在未来五年内逐步关闭该地区的两座大型矿坑。煤炭的开采成本变得如此之高，以至于已经不再具有盈利性。
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