Australia passed landmark laws last week to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade and injecting new impetus into December’s global climate talks in South Africa.
Among London-listed mining companies affected are Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata.
See http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/08/us-australia-carbon-idUSTRE7A60PO20111108.