Australian coal miners climb on higher commodity prices

Whitehaven Coal

16/09/2025 03:51

** Shares of Australian coal miners track global coal prices higher

** Coal producer Whitehaven WHC.AX rises 2.8% and Yancoal Australia YAL.AX gains 2.5%

** Thermal coal producer New Hope NHC.AX rises as much as 8.3%, hitting its highest since February 11, as co reported an 8% drop in its annual profit

** Broader ASX200 benchmark index .AXJO is up 0.3%, as of 0240 GMT

 (Reporting by Rajasik Mukherjee in Bengaluru)

 ((Rajasik.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com))