The Coal Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending December 7, 2018.

The second largest thermal coal producer in the U.S. is moving about 100 miners from its Coal Creek mine in northern Wyoming to its higher-production Black Thunder mine outside Wright.

Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to coal – and its unwavering support for the United States – by appearing at a US government-run event promoting the use of fossil fuels at the United Nations climate talks in Poland.

India's coal imports rose 9.7 percent to 156.08 million tonne in the April-November period of the ongoing fiscal, as against 142.25 MT in the year-ago period, according to a report by mjunction services.

The U.S. Department of Energy is rapidly moving ahead with its support for development of more modern and efficient coal plants, and issued a request for proposals on Friday, seeking conceptual designs through its Office of Fossil Energy.

CFACT used the weekend break at COP 24, the UN climate conference in Poland, to head to France to do some research.