CEO of Murray Energy: Coal industry conditions the worst I’ve seen in my 58 years

Competition from cheap natural gas and heavier environmental regulation of mines and power plants have created the poorest U.S. coal market conditions in at least 58 years, he said.

SNL Energy | November 19, 2015 | 6:17 pm

Judicial battlefront: Environmentalists look to the air to keep coal underground

Though the on-the-ground efforts of groups like the Sierra Club have played a major role in tripping up coal companies actively mining or seeking new areas to mine, environmentalists' air game has perhaps been most touted for pinching coal on the demand side.

SNL Energy | September 8, 2015 | 5:50 am

These are the US top coal basins

SNL Energy Research analyzes the top coal basins in select regions amid predictions of further pain for the global coal industry, including mine closures, liquidations and bankruptcies.

SNL Energy | August 20, 2015 | 5:27 am

SNL Energy’s latest coal forecast, and gas-fired generation overtakes coal burn for 1st time

Coal market prices continued to trade under pressure in June, with weather retaining shoulder-season qualities in the primary coal using regions.

SNL Energy | July 8, 2015 | 9:00 am

INFOGRAPHIC: Environmental control projects at units granted MATS extensions

Due to the long lead time for environmental control projects, many coal-fired generators have moved ahead with compliance plans.

SNL Energy | June 29, 2015 | 11:58 am

SNL Energy: Narrow band of 16 Central Appalacia counties ‘Ground Zero’ in coal job free fall

Unsurprisingly, coal mine employment has continued to fall as coal-fired power plants nationwide are shuttered over regulations and lower natural gas prices, but a narrow band of counties stretching through Central Appalachia continue to bear the brunt of coal job losses.

SNL Energy | June 17, 2015 | 8:16 am

Copper prices struggle on demand fears

Demand fears continue to restrict the extent of upside moves, whilst supply disruptions at the mine level have more recently provided a floor to prices following the early-year sell-off.

SNL Energy | May 14, 2015 | 6:15 am

SNL Energy reports top-paid CEOs

2 new SNL Energy reports rank the highest-paid CEO's in 2014 for power and gas utility and for midstream.

SNL Energy | May 8, 2015 | 6:35 am

Unionized coal mines safer, more productive than non-union operations

SNL Energy's analysis looked at 1,086 mines in 2013 and 2014, including 54 union mines and 1,032 nonunion mines.

SNL Energy | March 30, 2015 | 4:35 am

US coal producers shaved production costs further in challenging 2014

Production costs for a handful of U.S. coal producers declined in 2014, but some Illinois Basin producers actually reported higher costs, according to a cost-of-coal-sales-per-ton analysis by SNL Energy.

SNL Energy | March 26, 2015 | 9:44 am

Illinois Basin 2014 coal production stays flat while Alliance expands footprint

Production at the largest active coal mines in the Illinois Basin declined slightly in the fourth quarter of 2014 from the previous quarter, but full-year 2014 production was 4.6% higher than the previous year, reflecting continued strong demand for coal from the region.

SNL Energy | January 30, 2015 | 1:04 pm

SNL Energy: oil shock extends its reach to BDCS, Fintech

Consumer-facing financial technology companies may benefit from lower prices at the pump, while certain business development companies have come under pressure as the energy sector suffers.

SNL Energy | January 26, 2015 | 3:53 pm

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