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Coal price flat for 2nd month on weak demand
Coal markets traded mostly flat to lower in June as weather remained mild and demand was slack. While utility inventories are low by historical standards, generators are awaiting stronger demand...
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US utilities turn to Colombia, Russia for coal in 2014
U.S. utilities are importing more coal from countries like Colombia, Russia and Indonesia in 2014 to hedge against poor railroad service, fulfill unique blends and, in an alarming trend for Central...
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Coal exporters not backing down despite glut; could China enter the market too?
Even though global coal production has swelled up, there have been no signs of production slowing down in major coal-exporting countries, stretching the already oversupplied market. Global coal...
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Alpha Natural reinvents itself as Central Appalachia coal demand fades
In September 2012, Alpha Natural Resources Inc. took a bold step in the historic Central Appalachia coal region, announcing plans to lay off more than 1,000 workers and cut 16 million tons of mostly...
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Southern's new coal retirements a blow for Alabama and … Colombia?
Decisions by Southern Co. subsidiaries Alabama Power Co. and Mississippi Power Co. to retire coal units and convert others to gas will have a muted impact on U.S. coal producers due to the amount of...
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Top-producing Powder River Basin coal mines in Q2'14
Production from the largest active Powder River Basin coal mines totaled 99.63 million tons in the second quarter, according to an SNL Energy analysis of U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration...
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Pace of mine idlings slows in H1'14, but Appalachian mines still impacted
The number of coal mines idled in the first half of 2014 slowed compared to second half of 2013, due in part to cold winter weather in early 2014 providing support for a rise in prompt month prices for...
View ArticleUS 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...
View ArticleUnionized coal mines safer, more productive than non-union operations
Data analyzed by SNL Energy suggests underground coal mines in Appalachia that have unionized are not only safer, but also more productive. By combining the past two years of health and safety data...
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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: DOMINION'S FARRELL AWARDED HIGHEST COMPENSATION AMONG POWER, GAS UTILITY CEOS IN 2014 Average...
View ArticleCopper prices struggle on demand fears
Copper prices have struggled for direction over the second quarter-to-date. Demand fears continue to restrict the extent of upside moves, whilst supply disruptions at the mine level have more recently...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: 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 despite uncertainty around an eventual ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court...
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SNL Energy's latest coal forecast, and gas-fired generation overtakes coal...
MILD WEATHER, NATURAL GAS AND PLANT RETIREMENTS EXTEND H1 SWOON IN COAL PRODUCTION Coal market prices continued to trade under pressure in June, with weather retaining shoulder-season qualities in the...
View ArticleThese are the US top coal basins
Uinta Basin The Uinta Basin of Colorado and Utah saw its coal output continue to slide in the second quarter, down almost 285,000 tons from the previous period despite growth at some of its busiest...
View ArticleJudicial 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...
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Top-producing Northern Appalachia coal mines in Q3'14
welve mines in Northern Appalachia cranked out more than 1 million tons of coal each in the third quarter, helping boost production from the region, and more than half of those mines are held by one...
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