Oswald rains on Wesfarmers' coal production in Q2 WESFARMERS' total coal production slipped in the second quarter as the miner recovered from the ongoing impact of Cyclone Oswald. Total coal production for the second quarter was 3.74 million tonnes, 1.97 per cent lower than the previous corresponding period. At the Curragh mine, metallurgical and steaming coal production totalled 2.838 million tonnes for the quarter, a 7.1 per cent fall from the June quarter last year. For the year to June 30, production at the mine increased 2.3 per cent to 7.38 million tonnes, after Wesfarmers expanded Curragh's export metallurgical coal capacity. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, Wesfarmers said production had progressively increased over the three months to June 30 as it recovered from the cyclone. Meanwhile, steaming coal production at Curragh rose 21.1 per cent in the three months to June 30, compared to the previous corresponding period, while metallurgical coal production at the mine fell 15.7. In Bengalla, Wesfarmers' share of coal production for the quarter was 902,000 tonnes. This was an 18.7 per cent per cent rise on the previous corresponding period.