The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract continued its downward slide Tuesday, dropping 6.8 cents to settle at $1.826/MMBtu as warm weather forecasts continue to put significant pressure on the contract. The National Weather ...
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The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract settled at $1.990/MMBtu Friday, down 2.5 cents. A prompt-month contract has not settled lower since reaching $1.975/MMBtu on April 24, 2012. The fall in the January contract comes as the ...
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The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract rebounded Monday from Friday's selloff to settle at $2.235/MMBtu, up 2.3 cents. The January contract dropped 8.7 cents Friday to settle at $2.212/MMBtu on the contract's first day in the ...
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NYMEX December natural gas futures settled 10.2 cents higher at $2.364/MMBtu Thursday on the back of a bullish storage report. The US Energy Information Administration announced a 52-Bcf storage injection for the week ended October 30, ...
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The over-the-counter price for 8,800 Btu/lb Powder River Basin coal dipped again Monday, as rail issues overhang the Western market. Mines in BNSF Railway's service area, in the northern reach of the basin, are having trouble guaranteeing ...
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US over-the-counter thermal coal prices closed mixed on Friday as traders digested the most recent weekly natural gas storage data, which propelled natural gas front-month futures to more than a five-week high in the previous session. The ...
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NYMEX July natural gas futures settled largely unchanged Tuesday -- up 0.2 cent to $4.709/MMBtu -- as the market waited for data later this week that is likely to show a sixth straight triple-digit storage injection while near-term ...
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The NYMEX July natural gas futures contract closed 25.4 cents higher to a $4.762/MMBtu settlement on Thursday after the US Energy Information Administration reported a lower injection to storage inventories than most expected, prompting ...
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US over-the-counter thermal coal prices closed mostly lower on Thursday, despite the sharp jump in the broader energy complex, led by a 5.6% increase in the front-month natural gas futures price to $4.762/MMBtu. "Coal is marching to its ...
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Peabody Energy estimates that Southern Powder River Basin coal prices are up about 30% in the trailing six-month period ended April 30, with SPRB stockpiles dropping below "normal" levels to 48 days use. Peabody's estimates, which were ...
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The NYMEX June natural gas futures contract closed 10 cents higher at a $4.505/MMBtu settlement on Tuesday as the market eyed forecasts for above-normal temperatures into June that could curb storage refills. "What we're seeing is the ...
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The NYMEX June natural gas futures contract settled 4.6 cents higher at $4.405/MMBtu on Friday as the market consolidated ahead of the holiday weekend and eyed forecasts for hotter than normal weather into June. "Despite the short-term ...
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The NYMEX May natural gas futures contract settled 5.8 cents higher at $4.534/MMBtu Tuesday on a supportive weather outlook across much of the US over the middle of April. "Some models are predicting temperatures 20 degrees below normal ...
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The US will export 101 million st of coal this year and 96 million st in 2015, the US Energy Information Administration said Tuesday, down from March projections of 103 million st and 99 million mt, respectively. Continued economic ...
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Central Appalachian thermal coal prices for April delivery fell to fresh near-term lows on Friday, as both the CAPP rail (CSX) and CAPP barge spot contracts were seen trading in the session. CSX physical April fell 25 cents/st to ...
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