Port of Newcastle chairman's comments on coal are basically a call for help | Michael McGowan

Roy Green made headlines when he said that the 'long-term outlook for coal is a threat to the port'It has been called a "seismic shift" in the move away from coal investment. The beginning, in fact, of a "post-coal regional economy". But the statement by the incoming chairman of the Port of Newcastle that the world's largest coal export terminal must "urgently" diversify is closer to a call for help than a declaration of intent. Continue reading...