Coal news and updates

Updated daily

• Shipping and the Fed Rate decision: Financing costs could rise even higher

  18 Sep 2015

  Regardless of the FED’s decision to raise rates, shipping stands to be influenced by the dec... . ...Read More

• Weekly US coal production declines below 18 million st: EIA

  18 Sep 2015

  Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 17.4 million st in the week ended September 12, dow... . ...Read More

• US Coal Shipments Fall Marginally after Rising for 4 Straight Weeks

  18 Sep 2015

  Coal shipments According to EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) estimates, US coal ship... . ...Read More

• Powder River Basin Coal Prices Rise to Multiweek High

  18 Sep 2015

  Powder River Basin coal For the week ended September 11, Powder River Basin spot coal prices ave... . ...Read More

• Crude Oil Prices Drop—How Does This Impact US Coal?

  18 Sep 2015

  Crude oil prices After rising for two straight weeks, crude oil prices dropped during the week e... . ...Read More

• How Did Last Week’s Natural Gas Prices Impact US Coal?

  18 Sep 2015

  Natural gas prices The week ended September 11 started with the Labor Day holiday, making it a s... . ...Read More

• US Electricity Generation Rises in Week Ended September 4

  18 Sep 2015

  Electricity generation The Edison Electric Institute (or EEI) publishes electricity generation d... . ...Read More

• Assess coal needs of end users before auctions

  17 Sep 2015

  An inter-ministerial committee (IMC) constituted for the proposed auction of coal linkages has tol... . ...Read More

• Petroleum coke: CFR India prices down over $1 on weak demand

  17 Sep 2015

  The price of imported fuel grade petroleum coke delivered into India fell over $1 on the week with... . ...Read More

• Inner Mongolia Ordos August coal sales down 0.3% y-o-y

  17 Sep 2015

  Coal-rich Ordos in the northern autonomous region of Inner Mongolia sold 45.78 million tonnes of c... . ...Read More

• Shenhua Zhunchi railway officially opens

  17 Sep 2015

  Zhunchi railway, a coal dedicated rail line jointly built by Shenhua Group and a Shanxi-based priv... . ...Read More

• China August coal imports from Dalrymple Bay plunge 49.7% m-o-m

  17 Sep 2015

  China’s coal imports from Australia's Dalrymple Bay terminal stood at 583,000 tonnes in ... . ...Read More

• Jiangsu approves 12.5 TWh more direct power trade

  17 Sep 2015

  Coal-consuming eastern China province of Jiangsu has approved additional 12.5 TWh of direct power ... . ...Read More

• Slower growth in world coal demand and lower international coal prices led to a decline in Indonesian coal production

  17 Sep 2015

  Slower growth in world coal demand particularly China and lower international coal prices have led... . ...Read More

• Low demand push coal swap down

  17 Sep 2015

  Indonesian coal swap for delivery 4Q 2015 declined month on month and gain week over week. The 4... . ...Read More