In a move intended to pressure the Australian federal government to revise the proposed carbon tax, global miner Anglo American has threatened to withhold over $15 billion in coal mining investments and curtail 3,200 new jobs in Australia, according to a report by the Australian Financial Review.
See http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Anglo-American-may-pull-investments-jobs-pd20111101-N7Q4J?opendocument&src=rss.