BUSHFIRES

Mining giant BHP Group said on Tuesday that poor air quality caused by smoke from Australia’s bushfires is hurting coal production, as authorities said a reprieve from hazardous fire conditions would end within days.

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Australian mining companies are digging deep to fund bushfire relief as flames ravage the country.

Some 26 people have died and more than 2 000 homes have been destroyed thus far, with the World Wide Fund for Nature estimating that some 1.25-billion …