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Australian Floods Shaking Up Global Coal Investments

Damon van der Linde — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:51:22 +0000

The massive disruptions to Australia’s coal mining in the past month—mainly due to the worst flooding seen in the region in 50 years—have been devastating for the industry, causing the price of coking fuel used in steelmaking to skyrocket.

Coal Market Trends of 2010

Damon van der Linde — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:40:22 +0000

Global demand for coal drove prices up in 2010, and this trend should continue in coming years, due in part to growing energy needs of the world’s two largest consumers of coal: India and China.

Coal Demand Fueled By China’s Growing Energy Needs

Damon van der Linde — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:30:04 +0000

In spite of international efforts to phase out the use of coal power plants, global demand and prices for the resource are on the increase fueled largely by China’s growing energy needs.

South Africa Negative on 2010 Coal Export Goal

Mike Rodger — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:02:12 +0000

South Africa will not be able to reach its 65 million tonnes of coal exporting expectations for 2010 due to the transport strike that has crippled rail and ports. This is according to the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT). RBCT Chief Executive Raymond Chirwa is quoted saying: “On average we could be receiving 1.3-1.4 million [...]

Australia's NewCastle Coal Port Exports dipped 10%

Mike Rodger — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:33:34 +0000

Coal exports at Australia’s Newcastle port, the world’s largest coal export terminal, slipped 10 percent in the past week, while ship queues eased to below 40 as a new export quota system kicked in, data showed on Wednesday. For full story, click here

Red Hill Energy study shows NPV of $250m

Mike Rodger — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:54:09 +0000

Red Hill Energy (CVE:RH) announced today that their 100% owned Ulaan Ovoo coal project in Mongolia received a positive pre-feasibilty study. The study shows at a coal price of $76US/tonne, an after tax and royalty NPV of $US250 million with a discount rate of 10%.

China increases coal imports

Mike Rodger — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:13:15 +0000

China has discovered a new coal field containing more than 13 billion tonnes of proven coal reserves in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, the China News Service reported on Monday. The 1,400 square-kilometre Sha'erhu coal field, located in the county of Shanshan in eastern Xinjiang

Coal industry remain unaffected by price drop

Mike Rodger — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:15:36 +0000

A dip in the contract price of coal by 40 per cent is being shrugged off by the industry. However, it will make a multi-billion-dollar dent in national export revenues. PricewaterhouseCoopers mining analyst, Tim Goldsmith, said: You’ve got to look at the fact that last year prices pretty much doubled and in some cases tripled. [...]

Semirara to export 2.5 million tones of coal in 2009

Mike Rodger — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:09:32 +0000

Philippine coal producer Semirara Mining Corporation plans to export 2.5 million tones of coal this year. For more information, click here For company’s website, click here

Coal: Bullish On The Long Term

Mike Rodger — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:24:15 +0000

We are into the second half of the second month of 2009 and pressure on coal prices have not eased. While the long-term outlook in this sector remains strong, thanks to strong fundamentals, spot prices continue to be under pressure. The reasons are being cited as high utility coal inventories, lower demand for electricity and competition from natural gas.