May 30, 2019

IMO 2020, EVs, and steel — a perfect storm in the needle coke sector?

The new regulations may have a further, more unexpected effect on the steel sector, and the nascent electric vehicle battery industry. 

May 30, 2019

Trump campaign official lobbies for Ohio coal, nuclear subsidies

Bob Paduchik, who also led the Ohio Trump campaign in 2016, called lawmakers urging them to support the legislation and stressing that the president was behind it as well.

May 28, 2019

China proposes coal price cuts to ease burden on power producers

The latest move signals coal power generators are under pressure from high raw material costs and the government’s plan to cut electricity charges.

May 28, 2019

Uncertain future for Hume Coal’s Australia mine

If approved, Hume's mine is expected to produce 50-million tonnes of run-of-mine coal over 23 years.

May 27, 2019

Brazil’s Vale names logistics exec as new coal and ferrous metals chief

The world's top iron ore miner has named Marcelo Spinelli as its new head of coal and ferrous metals.

May 25, 2019

Natural gas now beats coal, even in West Virginia: Justin Fox

For the first time ever, West Virginia last year produced more natural gas, as measured by energy content, than coal.

May 24, 2019

Coking coal price to remain elevated in 2019— report  

On the supply side, Fitch expects production misses from Australia to keep the market tight in the coming quarters as large diversified miners lose their appetite for mining coal. 

May 23, 2019

World’s most contested coal mine doesn’t add up — opinion

After the opposition Labor party suffered heavy losses in coal-mining regions in Saturday’s Australian federal elections, the Carmichael project looks to be getting closer than ever to approval.

May 23, 2019

Adani’s coal hopes look increasingly isolated as BHP joins naysayers — opinion

BHP Group CFO Peter Beavan told a strategy briefing on Wednesday that the world's biggest mining company has "no appetite" to grow its thermal coal assets.

May 22, 2019

Merkel cabinet approves $45B in aid for coal regions

The aid package launches a drive to transform chimney-stack economies into high-tech centers and will help Germany achieve its climate goals for 2030 and put it on the right path…