David,

To be strictly comparable, wouldn't all previous annual records also have to be adjusted to run from, say, December 1 in Year 1, to November 30 in year 2, and for all back-years ?

Perhaps it's just easier to wait :) What's the hurry ?

Hal,

By the way, with the rouble tumbling in value, it makes Russian coal cheaper to buyers, pulling the international prices for coal down, and undercutting Australia's coal exports and returns and federal revenues, but helping Putin by increasing Russian coal exports, especially thermal coal, the 'dirty' one. So you might be onto something.

Joe