Energy / Coal

Apr 03, 2015 at 15:37 | Editorial Dept

We have all heard about the doom and gloom that the U.S. coal sector is facing – a double-whammy of abundant supplies of cheap shale gas…

Mar 27, 2015 at 11:33 | Dave Forest

As I discussed last week, the commentary around the global coal business has been doom and gloom lately. But few investors recognize that the market is…

Mar 25, 2015 at 12:39 | Charles Kennedy

China imported coal at the slowest rate in almost four years, sending coal markets into a tailspin. For the month of February, China imported 5.86 million…

Mar 21, 2015 at 09:19 | Dave Forest

Things are starting to get interesting in the global coal market.The key word being "starting".The strategy unveiled by South Africa's power authority Eskom may be a…

Mar 19, 2015 at 17:48 | Nick Cunningham

The future for the coal industry is looking “increasingly bleak,” according to an investor’s note from Macquarie Research. The analysis firm also said that “a…

Feb 27, 2015 at 13:41 | Martin Tillier

Long term subscribers and those with a long memory may remember that back in August of last year I wrote a piece on coal stocks. At…

Feb 04, 2015 at 16:47 | Nick Cunningham

Clean coal is dead. While the notion of coal being a source of “clean” was a bit oxymoronic to begin with, the Obama administration perhaps put…

Jan 02, 2015 at 15:49 | Martin Tillier

2014 was, on the surface, a good year for those of an environmentally conscious bent. Under pressure from developed nations, two large emerging economies, India and China, both made some…

Nov 28, 2014 at 17:12 | Nick Cunningham

Amid a major phase out of nuclear power, Germany is weighing whether or not to undertake another monumental energy transition – shutting down a significant portion of its coal-fired power…

Nov 25, 2014 at 16:23 | Nick Cunningham

With winter approaching, the piles of coal at utility yards are running well below average, and several utilities are pressuring rail companies to allow more coal trains through. The problem…

Nov 21, 2014 at 17:43 | Nick Cunningham

U.S. coal export capacity is running well below capacity, and as such, exporting coal from the U.S. west coast is a losing strategy. That comes from a new report…

Nov 17, 2014 at 11:42 | Dave Forest

Rumors emerged last week of big changes coming in the coal market. From one of the world's largest players in the business.That's China. Where officials are reportedly moving…

Nov 10, 2014 at 16:46 | Juan Cole

Germany is looking into cutting its use of coal power, at the same time that it is cutting out nuclear. If…

Oct 24, 2014 at 17:20 | Wojciech Kononczuk

On 22 October, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that by the end of this year Ukraine will be 4 million tons short of coal. The deficit stems from the fact…

Oct 23, 2014 at 18:23 | Nick Cunningham

The slide in oil prices has raised speculation that oil companies in the U.S. could be forced to cut back on production, but a market slump in another commodity is…

Oct 17, 2014 at 17:58 | Nick Cunningham

American utility companies are facing lower-than-average fuel supplies as they begin to stockpile for the winter. Part of the reason is the country’s oil boom. Moving oil by…

Oct 01, 2014 at 18:00 | Nick Cunningham

A major coal mining company has announced another round of layoffs as declining demand for coal continues to depress the industry.Alpha Natural Resources, the world’s third largest supplier…

Sep 26, 2014 at 16:18 | Metal Miner

In the end, it turned out as many feared it would. The Supreme Court of India canceled all but 4 of the 218 coal blocks allocated for mining by the…

Sep 18, 2014 at 16:29 | Nick Cunningham

A prominent U.S. senator wants to halt all sales of coal mined on federal lands in the western United States because he says the government is getting ripped off.…

Sep 16, 2014 at 19:05 | Andrew Topf

For climate change activists and those hoping for an energy future dominated by renewables or even less-polluting natural gas, the death of coal cannot come quickly enough. But with coal…