Australia coal mine union says accepts BHP jobs offer

SYDNEY: Unionised coal miners in Australia have voted to accept an employment contract offer by BHP Billiton following two years of industrial action, the workers' union said on Monday.

BHP, the world's biggest diversified mining company, in April invoked a declaration of force majeure as it struggled to meet overseas supply contracts, in part due to a barrage of rolling work stoppages staged by some 3,500 union workers at the mines, representing a third of the total workforce.