Wyoming's Powder River Basin Coal is essential for energy future
Wyoming’s Powder River Basin coal will be an essential part of the nation’s energy future even as the country moves toward cleaner power sources. For full story, click here
Archive for June, 2009
Columbian Coal Exports will dip on Price Surge
Bloomberg cited Ms Beatriz Duque Government Mining Director as saying that Colombian coal-export revenue this year probably will slip below 2008 sales of USD 5 billion after prices sank. For full story, click here
Coal Freighter Protests have ended as activists were arrested
A day-long protest by climate change campaigners who boarded a coal freighter ended on Monday night after an injunction was served on the four remaining protesters. For full story, click here
Australia Linc Energy has updated on Coal-Asset Sales
Shares in Linc Energy Ltd. went on a trading halt on Monday ahead of an update from the group on the status of its sale of Australian coal tenements. For full story, click here
PSEB will hold meeting with Coal India
Worried over the dwindling coal stock at thermal power plants, Punjab State electricity board would take up the matter with Coal India Limited. For full story, click here
AEP Texas Oklaunion Coal Plant closed for few days
American Electric Power Co Inc’s 690-megawatt Oklaunion coal-fired power station in Texas shut June 19-20. For full story, click here
Transport Problems have held back Russian Coal Exports
Limited rail capacity and poor port infrastructure are frustrating the ambitions of Russia’s leading coal producers to raise exports quickly to make up for weak domestic demand during the country’s slump. For full story, click here
Macarthur Coal's Shares have dipped after $190 mln sale discount
Macarthur Coal Ltd., the world’s biggest exporter of pulverized coal, dipped to a three-week low in Sydney trading after selling about A$190 million worth of new shares to institutions to fund expansion. For full story, click here
Karnataka Power Corp. has begun blending Indonesian Coal
BL declared that the State Government owned power utility Karnataka Power Corporation Limited has begun blending imported Indonesian coal for its thermal plants. For full story, click here
Japanese Utilities firms to purchase '09 Chinese Coal $78.50 T
Japanese utilities have agreed 2009 thermal coal contracts with Chinese producers at $78.50 a tonne, dip about 46 percent from a year ago but above initial asking prices from China. For full story, click here
