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Mondaq News Alerts
December 4, 2017
The article, "The Future of the U.S. Coal Generation Fleet," has been published in the Fall 2017 edition of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Transportation and Energy Industries (TEI) Committees' newsletter. The authors find that coal generation economics are likely to remain weak as long as gas ...
Digital Journal
December 2, 2017
The US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has identified high concentrations of rare earth elements (REE) in coal samples collected from several American coal basins. The coal samples were taken from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, ...
Platts
November 23, 2017
Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 14.9 million st in the week that ended November 18, up 0.9% from the prior week, but down ...
Platts
November 17, 2017
US coal train loading volumes ticked higher week on week thanks to increases seen in the Powder River Basin and Central Appalachia.
SBS
November 13, 2017
Australia's energy policy is a great example to the world, according to the US coal industry. At a Trump administration panel on fossil fuels - marked by protest and heckling - at the UN climate conference in Bonn, Peabody Energy's head of coal power and emissions technology Holly Krutka applauded ...
Gulf Times
November 13, 2017
A year after Donald Trump was elected president on a promise to revive the ailing US coal industry, the sector's long-term prospects for growth ...
Platts
November 7, 2017
Coal is likely to make up 30.8% of US electricity generation in 2017 and 30.7% in 2018, both up from 30.4% in 2016, the US Energy Information ...
OilVoice
October 18, 2017
U.S. coal production averaged 192 million short tons (MMst) per quarter in the first half of 2017, a slight decrease from the second half of 2016Â ...
Platts
October 18, 2017
US coal carload volumes declined for the second straight week and continued to fall below year-ago levels. For the week that ended October ...
Observer
October 17, 2017
Through Tears, Ukraine Celebrates the Arrival of US Coal ... The second barge with U.S. coal is on its way to Ukraine, and it will bring 125,000Â ...
Utility Dive
October 11, 2017
Roughly one in four of the remaining operating coal-fired plants in the U.S. are slated for closure or conversion to natural gas, according to a ...
Platts
October 5, 2017
US coal exports totaled 7.78 million mt in August, up 19.4% from July and up 71.4% from the year-ago month, US Census data showed ...
The Nation
October 3, 2017
ACADEMICS AND activists have cast doubt over the coal purchasing contract between Thailand and the United States, claiming it is too ...
Platts
September 28, 2017
Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 14.68 million st in the week that ended Saturday, down 5.3% from the prior week and 4.8%Â ...
Platts
September 21, 2017
US coal production slipped for the fourth consecutive week in the week ending September 16, but at 15.5 million st it was still 7.2% higher than ...
OilPrice.com
September 18, 2017
I wrote last month about a landmark court decision in U.S. energy. Where judges threatened to shut down the $3.5 billion Sabal Trail pipeline in ...
Platts
December 31, 1999
US coal carload volumes in the week that ended November 25 fell 5.6% compared with the prior week as counts declined, in part, because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Association of American Railroads said Wednesday. The AAR reported that 81,340 coal carloads traveled US railways in the most ...
Economic Times
December 31, 1999
"Every cement company is looking for an alternative to petroleum coke, and all of them are scrambling for U.S. coal," a senior executive from ...
POWER magazine
December 31, 1999
U.S. utilities continue to announce closures of financially troubled and older coal-fired power plants even as government officials work on a ...
Platts
December 31, 1999
US coal train loadings hold steady with PRB growth: railroads ... US coal train loading volumes were flat for the third straight week with gains in ...
Platts
December 31, 1999
Coal stockpiles at US power plants totaled 144.2 million st at the end of August, down 2.6% from July and down 10.1% from the year-ago month ...
Platts
December 31, 1999
Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 14.9 million st in the week ended October 21, virtually unchanged from the prior week but ...
Global Trade Magazine (blog)
December 31, 1999
Two factors have contributed to the surge: high Asian prices for coal made US coal cost competitive and low Asian LNG prices have ...
Union of Concerned Scientists
December 31, 1999
WASHINGTON (October 10, 2017)—Despite political rhetoric to the contrary and recent actions by the Trump administration, the market reality ...
Utility Dive
December 31, 1999
Roughly one in four of the remaining operating coal-fired plants in the U.S. are slated for closure or conversion to natural gas, according to a ...
Interfax Global Energy
September 21, 2017
Several coal-fired power generators in the United States installed equipment to reduce mercury output just before compliance deadlines inÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
September 21, 2017
I wrote last month about a landmark court decision in U.S. energy. Where judges threatened to shut down the $3.5 billion Sabal Trail pipeline inÃÂ ...
Grand Island Independent
September 19, 2017
Ironically, even key players in the Paris Climate Accord such as Germany, France and the U.K. are importing more U.S. coal to stabilize theirÃÂ ...
OilPrice.com
September 19, 2017
I wrote last month about a landmark court decision in U.S. energy. Where judges threatened to shut down the $3.5 billion Sabal Trail pipeline inÃÂ ...
Platts
September 15, 2017
US coal production totaled 15.68 million st in the week that ended September 9, according to US Energy Information Administration data,ÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
September 14, 2017
The first shipment with thermal coal from the United States has arrived in Ukraine. Buying coal from the US at almost twice the price of whatÃÂ ...
OilPrice.com
September 1, 2017
U.S. coal output last week stood at 16.7 million short tons, according to estimates from the Energy Information Administration. This compares toÃÂ ...
MINING.com
August 31, 2017
In April, US energy secretary Rick Perry tasked researchers at the DOE to produce a report on electricity markets and grid reliability. Given theÃÂ ...
Nature.com
August 30, 2017
The Trump administration has stepped up its assault on environmental protections by halting a US$1-million study on the health risks of coalÃÂ ...
The Australian
August 27, 2017
Revenue at publicly traded US coal companies grew 19 per cent in the first half of this year compared with the same period a year ago, and theÃÂ ...
OilPrice.com
August 25, 2017
U.S. coal production is on the rise, hitting a high last week of 17.025 million tons, according to the Energy Information Administration. That's 3.4ÃÂ ...
Quartz
August 24, 2017
In April, US energy secretary Rick Perry asked his department to produce a report on electricity markets and reliability. The routine requestÃÂ ...
Scientific American
August 21, 2017
The dynamic amounts to an existential crisis for the U.S. coal industry. While coal still accounts for roughly a third of U.S. power generation, theÃÂ ...
Platts
August 18, 2017
US coal train loadings volumes have remained strong, and increases this week across all the major basins pushed totals to a new year-highÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
August 9, 2017
U.S. coal production will see a sustained boost over the next two years due to increased use at power plants and a rise in exports, according toÃÂ ...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
August 9, 2017
East Asian buyers have also ramped up their import of US coal, which is beneficial for the dry bulk shipping industry as it generates aÃÂ ...
TheStreet.com
July 28, 2017
U.S. coal exports have jumped 60% since this time last year as Europe and Asia boost their demand, giving President Trump's administration aÃÂ ...
OilPrice.com
July 22, 2017
A report by the EIA indicated that coal exports—for both steam coal, used for power generation, and metallurgical coal, used for refiningÃÂ ...
CleanTechnica
December 31, 1999
The new report from financial think-tank Carbon Tracker, No Country for Coal Gen: Below 2ðC and Regulatory Risk for US Coal Power Owners,à...
ABC News
December 31, 1999
Handing a major victory to environmentalists, a court cast doubt Friday on a longstanding U.S. government argument that blocking federal coalÃÂ ...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
December 31, 1999
A leading U.S. coal regulator announced plans on Tuesday to toughen what it called “out-of-date” rules for guaranteeing mine cleanups.
CNBC
December 31, 1999
The lumpy nature of U.S. coal exports illustrates the challenge President Donald Trump faces in delivering one of his core campaign promises:ÃÂ ...
Platts
December 31, 1999
Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 16.1 million st in the week ended July 29, up 4.4% from the prior week and up 13.1% from theÃÂ ...
Platts
December 31, 1999
US coal exports totaled 6.6 million mt in June, up 1% from May and up 34.7% from the same month a year ago, US Census data showed FridayÃÂ ...
Platts
December 31, 1999
Coal stockpiles at US utilities continue to trend lower, but it could bode well for coal prices moving into the fall, especially when consideredÃÂ ...
