Aug 16 (Reuters) - Australia's Whitehaven will

cut 192 jobs at the Daunia and Blackwater coking coal mines it

took over from global miner BHP Group ( BHP ), its spokesperson

told Reuters on Friday, adding to a slew of roles lost in the

resources sector this year.

Whitehaven had announced plans in October to buy out BHP's

Blackwater and Daunia mines in a $4.1 billion deal. It completed

the acquisition in April this year.

"This proposed new structure will remove duplication of

roles, consolidate teams where logical, minimise unnecessary

layers of complexity, and support a clear delineation of roles

and responsibilities between site and functional teams," a

spokesperson for the country's largest independent coal miner

said in an email to Reuters.

Whitehaven will cut 91 roles across the Daunia and

Blackwater operations while reducing 101 contractor and labour

hire roles, the spokesperson added.

The job cuts are likely to impact the already fraught

relationship between Whitehaven and workers it transferred over

from BHP during the acquisition. The workers had, in November,

accused the company of not providing them with benefits after

the transition.

BHP had nearly 3,000 roles affected after it decided to

temporarily suspend the Western Australia nickel business

recently.

Miner Alcoa ( AA ) also cut more than 1,000 jobs after

it decided to shut down Kwinana alumina refinery earlier in the

year.

The firm is currently in the process of selling down a 20%

stake in the Blackwater mine. Reuters reported in February that

India's JSW Steel is interested in the deal.

Whitehaven shares are currently up 1.8% at A$7.46.

(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane

Venkatraman and Devika Syamnath)