Diversified miner BHP says poor air quality as a result of bushfires in Australia have weighed on coal output in its half-year to end-December, though it has kept its full-year guidance unchanged.

Production at New South Wales Energy Coal fell 11% during the period, with the company saying if air quality continued to deteriorate its operations could be constrained further...

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