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China's Coastal Coal Freights Began Rising in Week
Feb 22, 2017Freight rates for shipping coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou in eastern and southern China began to rise in the week to Tuesday, port operator Qinhuangdao Port ...
Tags: coal, coal demand
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Coal Stocks Held by Six Key Power Generators Down
May 8, 2016Combined coal stocks held by China's six key power generators in southern and eastern China averaged 11.155 million mt in the week to Tuesday, down 2.9% week on week, according to a weekly report by Qinhuangdao Port on Thursday. The ...
Tags: power generators, coal
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North American Coal Industry Faces More Declines in 2016: Moody's
Dec 15, 2015The North American coal industry remains negatively positioned for 2016 with thermal coal facing a slow, long-term decline and metallurgical coal prices unlikely to recover within the next 12 months, a Moody's Investors Service note said ...
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Coal Generation Falls More Than Most US Utilities Had Forecast: Retac Survey
Dec 2, 2015Utilities are burning less coal than they previously expected, a survey the US Surface Transportation Board conducted shows. During a Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee hearing Tuesday in Washington, committee member John Carr, ...
Tags: natural gas, Coal Generation
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Capp Spot Market Frozen, But Winter Could Be 'shot in The Arm' at Year-End
Nov 25, 2015US Central Appalachian coal producers and brokers are still hoping some kind of thermal spot market will develop with winter approaching, but many in the industry said this week they aren't holding out much hope. Market players continued ...
Tags: CAPP coal, MISO coal, fossil fuel
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Coal Will Show Black Light
Dec 15, 2014It is the least spoken when it comes to Coal in the controversy. Investors see the relatively strong performance of coal stocks that recently appeared. The main stock exchange traded fund (ETF) has risen more than 13% since March 11. We ...
Tags: Power coal, Coal
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Mechel Has Mined Its One Millionth Metric Ton of Coal
Aug 12, 2014Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has reported that it has mined its one millionth metric ton of coal since operations began at its Elginsky open pit in Yakutia, Russia. Currently, work still continues on ...
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Uncertainty Over Price Cuts Affects Imported Coal
Jun 29, 2014Uncertainty over the scale of widely-expected price cuts by Chinese coal producers for July domestic cargoes has cast a cloud over the South China market for imported thermal coal, market sources said Tuesday. Because of this, buyers and ...
Tags: Thermal coal, Domestic Cargoes
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Bearish Factors Were Offsetting Any Positive Sentiment on Indian Demand
Jun 23, 2014Bearish factors weighing on the Chinese market were offsetting any positive sentiment on Indian demand for Indonesian thermal coal, sources said Thursday. A Singapore-based source for a major producer said he did not share in the bullish ...
Tags: Chinese market, thermal coal
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Southern's Steam Coal Production Probably Is Better Than Expected
Jun 23, 2014Southern Coal Corp is seeing an uptick in demand for high-quality steam coal this year, but the metallurgical side of its business continues to lag, which is why the company has temporarily idled its Tams No 1 mine in Raleigh County, West ...
Tags: Steam Coal, steam coal production
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Global Demand for Imported Thermal Coal Grows at a Slower Rate of 2% Per Year Until 2018
May 27, 2014Global demand for imported thermal coal is expected to continue to grow but at a slower rate of 2% per year until 2018, as China faces an oversupply of domestic coal and shifts to a more diverse mix of renewable energy sources to address ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, coal production
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45% of Traded Coking Coal Production of 300m Mt Is Unprofitable at Current Pricing Levels
May 15, 2014Australian coal exploration company Stanmore Coal estimates that 40% of global seaborne-traded thermal coal production of roughly 800 million mt and 45% of internationally traded coking coal production of around 300 million mt is ...
Tags: coal exploration, thermal coal
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Despite Shutdown of Nuclear Power Plants, Japan May Not Raise Its Thermal Coal Imports
May 8, 2014Despite shutdown of nuclear power plants, Japan is not expected to raise its thermal coal imports significantly over the next five-seven years, as existing coal-fired power plants are running at high rates and new facilities are still on ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, nuclear power plants
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Growth in Global Steel Demand May Require a Tripling of Current Seaborne Coal Exports
May 4, 2014The expected growth in global steel demand through 2050 may require a tripling of current seaborne metallurgical coal exports, which may be tough for miners to deliver, according to forecasts delivered Monday by two consultants. An annual ...
Tags: steel demand, steel production
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US Over-The-Counter Thermal Coal Prices Changed Little Thursday
Apr 8, 2014US over-the-counter thermal coal prices changed little Thursday, as competing natural gas futures got a boost from end-of-season gas storage stocks falling to 822 Bcf, a level not seen since 2003. The increased consumption of gas this ...
Tags: natural gas, gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Coal
