The Coal Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending May 27, 2016.

The threat of an attack on the nation’s power grid is all too real for the network security professionals who labor every day to keep the country safe.

More than 217,000 Washingtonians have weighed in on the Millennium Bulk Terminals plan to export coal from Longview since the plan was first disclosed in 2012.

Changes sweeping the electricity sectors in Japan and China suggest a hugely uncertain future for coal-fired power and a rapidly increasing risk of stranded assets.

By increasing volumes through e-auctions, the miner was able to boost sales by $373-million during the 2015/16 financial year.

Global seaborne thermal coal trade could fall 30 million mt this year, with much of the slump occurring in Europe, Mercuria Energy Trading's Director for Dry Bulk and Energy Fabio Gabrieli said at the Coaltrans Asia conference in Bali Monday.

National discussion about coal’s place in our future energy mix usually descends into disdain or (in places where coal delivers significant employment and state revenue) summons devoted defenders.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) believes more than 100,000 retired coal miners and their beneficiaries will soon be on the verge of losing their pensions if Congress does not approve the Miners Protection Act.

China’s benchmark coal prices climbed to the highest since September as government steps to curb supply amid a glut started to take effect.

The Coalition government has restated its commitment to ensure major new coal projects like the Adani-owned Carmichael mega mine in north Queensland go ahead, to meet soaring global demand.

Reduced output from the Southeast Asian nation could provide some support to prices that hit their lowest in 10 years earlier in 2016 due to slowing demand, new supply from South America and depressed oil prices.

One would be hard-pressed to find optimism in today’s US coal industry, but even as the country’s exports fall and the fossil fuel’s importance in the energy mix diminishes, there are some flickers of hope for the industry.

At the May 19, 2016, Tug Valley Mining Institute (TVMI) dinner meeting, six 2016 scholarship recipients were awarded.

Coal India Ltd., the world’s biggest producer of the fuel, missed analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter profit as oversupply of the fuel and lower international prices trimmed earnings.

Coal output in Shanxi Province, China's largest coal-producing region, was down 21.3 percent year on year in April as local authorities moved to cut capacity.

A $9 billion privately funded enlargement of Abbot Point coal terminal in North Queensland, Australia has been killed by the Newman State Government.

Arch Coal has exited its position in the Millennium Bulk project in Washington state, handling its 38% stake in the export terminal to majority owner Lighthouse Resources in exchange for long term throughput rights.

Happy Memorial Day from CoalZoom.com!

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Regional Church of God at Delbarton, WV. Interment will follow at Mt. View Memory Gardens at Maher, WV. Please join in the visitation and funeral services to honor Ben, his family and his life.

CoalZoom.com has published a report on the 19th Annual Induction Ceremony of the WV Coal Hall of Fame that took place in conjunction with the 2016 Spring Meeting of the WV Coal Mining Institute, WV Coal Association, and SME Central Appalachian Section.

A U.S. Forest Service study of the effects of mining coal in the North Fork Valley on the global climate meets requirements set by a federal court, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., said he was told by the head of the agency.

Investigators believe Arriaga and Fitzpatrick wanted to get $10,000 to $15,000 by selling Hatfield's SUV to a chop shop, Mingo County Chief Sheriff's Deputy Joe Smith said.

Final bids for Anglo American's metallurgical coal mines in Australia, valued at up to $1.5 billion, must be submitted by June 6, three sources close to the matter said on Thursday.

The Kentucky Coal Academy and Western Kentucky Mining Institute hosted a "safety days" contest Wednesday where teams from Western Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois competed to test their mine rescue skills.

San Miguel Corp. prefers to invest in clean coal-fired power plants over renewable energy projects for now, as the latter would pass heavier cost burden to consumers, its top official said.

Lawyers can expect to see more work in the coal sector, according to a Corrs Chambers Westgarth partner who believes that reports of the death of coal have been "greatly exaggerated."

This might come as unwelcome news, but fossil fuels are more important than ever in the United States and globally. U.S. gasoline consumption was at an all-time high this month.

Leading an organization requires many traits: knowledge of the industry, hard work, listening to others, innovative ideas and perhaps, above all, compassion.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump outlined his energy policy plans Thursday, taking jabs at President Barack Obama and pledging to revive what he called a stifled U.S. energy industry.

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has promised to roll back some of America's most ambitious environmental policies, actions that he said would revive the ailing US oil and coal industries and bolster national security.

Trump pledged to dismantle the EPA entirely, and assailed Hillary Clinton for saying fracking projects would be unlikely to pass muster under her environmental regime.

The project, with a price tag expected to top $600 million, was proposed more than five years ago when China’s coal consumption was surging and international coal prices were climbing.

According to data from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Federal No. 2 mine in Monongalia County, WV has been idled, and is listed in "non-producing" status. MSHA data shows the status changed to "non-producing" last Tuesday.

Ben Hatfield was one of the most compassionate, generous, and intelligent men we have had the privilege to work with and know. I hope that you will be able to join in the visitation and funeral services to honor Ben, his family and his life.

If you expect to achieve the objectives and targets that are set for your mining company, you must have accountability within the system. People need to understand what their roles are and what they’re responsible for, and to be held accountable.

Anthony Arriaga, 20, is being held without bond after being arraigned on a first-degree murder charge in Mingo County May 26 in connection to the death of longtime West Virginia coal executive Ben Hatfield.

Today, five U.S. senators sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, demanding that the Department of Justice end its use of law enforcement resources against political opponents of President Obama’s energy agenda.

The Weekly Coal Production Report has been updated for the week ended May 21, 2016.

China will reduce the amount of coal burned directly in industrial furnaces and residential heating systems in order to tackle a major source of smog, the country's energy regulator said on Wednesday.

Ben Hatfield was one of the most compassionate, generous, and intelligent men we have had the privilege to work with and know. I hope that you will be able to join in the visitation and funeral services to honor Ben, his family and his life.

Anthony Arriaga, 20, is being held without bond after being arraigned on a first-degree murder charge in Mingo County May 26 in connection to the death of longtime West Virginia coal executive Ben Hatfield.

Paringa Resources Limited has announced that it has successfully amended its coal sales contract with Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company.

Japan is pushing forward with plans for 47 new coal power plants, despite falling coal use across the G7, setting itself at odds with its economic brethren.

The global warming alarmists tell us to trust the science. But when it comes to climate studies, there’s less science and more accounting going on there.

To ilitate the induction of modern mining technology and equipment, India’s Coal Ministry is looking at merging underground mines in the same geographies and moving away from a trend of converting underground mines to opencast ones.

China’s coal price may rise 20 percent by the end of this year as government steps to reduce production outpace a decline in demand, according to Citigroup Inc.

Donald Trump tomorrow will deliver the keynote address to the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck, North Dakota. The speech is expected to provide Mr. Trump the opportunity to outline his energy policies.

Today the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources examines an important but seldom recognized aspect of technological innovation – the impact of technologies on modern mining practices.

Brandon Fitzpatrick, 18, was arrested by the Elsmere Police Department, in Kentucky, on charges unrelated to Hatfield’s death, Sgt. B.K. Wellman of the West Virginia State Police said.

Without coal as a possible commodity for export, the planned bulk terminal near the Port of Oakland could be in jeopardy, a project official said Monday.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 90 citations and three orders during special impact inspections at 10 coal mines and three metal and nonmetal mines in April 2016.

The businessman and presumptive Republican presidential nominee has not made energy a focal point of his campaign, but Trump is expected to use a Thursday speech before a North Dakota petroleum convention to provide more detail about his platform.

An Ohio man fatally shot a former coal company executive at a cemetery where the businessman’s wife is buried and has been arrested on a first-degree murder warrant, a sheriff said Tuesday.

Anthony Arriaga, 20, was arrested for first-degree murder, a day after the body of Ben Hatfield was found. Another 20-year-old man, Ricky Dean Peterson, was arrested Monday on charges that he lied about whether he knew anything about the killing.

It's election time and candidates across the political spectrum are vying for the votes of the mining and energy industries.

Completion of environmental review of the coal-mining exception to the Colorado Roadless Rule, due this spring, has been pushed back to the fall, said U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., who said he is pressing for an explanation.

In partnership with mine management teams across Australia, North America, Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia Immersive has delivered dozens of projects that have helped miners control costs, lift productivity and maintain safety standards.

PIRA projects that coal supply cuts will drive stockpile levels back into balance in 2017. Rising natural gas prices will result in potential coal market shortfall, as coal demand recovers with a smaller and constrained coal logistics chain.

Police have arrested 20-year-old Anthony Arriaga, of Gibsonburg, Ohio, at around 2 a.m. May 24 near Delphos, Ohio. Arriaga is being charged with first-degree murder, according to the criminal complaint filed in Mingo County Magistrate Court.

Mingo County Sheriff James Smith said Anthony Arriaga, 20, was being held on a homicide warrant in Allen County, Ohio. Smith said the suspect is being held in Monday's shooting of Bennett K. Hatfield, 59.

American Electric Power has released its 2016 Corporate Accountability Report, an overview of the company’s strategy, governance and financial performance.

It’s time for another road trip! The Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance (VCEA) has a bus traveling to Knoxville, TN this Thursday, May 26th.

Per the amendment, the credit facility will be automatically extended to December 31, 2017 if revolving credit commitments are reduced to $55 million or less on or before July 31, 2017.

The candidates say limiting EPA powers and repealing the Clean Power Plan are key to the future of the nation's largest coal producer. For voters, the question may be who will be able to turn rhetoric into action.

Beleaguered coal miner Foresight Energy said Monday it has reached an agreement with the holders of $600 million of debt in an effort to restructure more than $1.25 billion it owes outside of bankruptcy court.

Coal-mining corporation CEO Bob Murray is backing Donald Trump after meeting the presumptive Republican presidential nominee last week and concluding he would be a good president for his industry.

The state attorney general leading the legal charge against President Obama’s climate rule for power plants says stopping the regulation will end up helping the declining American coal industry.

Rio Tinto has appointed Stephen McIntosh as the acting Group executive, Technology & Innovation to succeed Greg Lilleyman, who will leave the company after 25 years of service.

Australian Pacific Coal, which has Nathan Tinkler and Northern Territory identities John Robinson and Nick Paspaley as major shareholders, intends buying Dartbrook for $60 million from mining giant Anglo American and its Japanese partner Marubeni.

Hatfield’s body was found about 6:30 Monday morning at Mountain View Memory Gardens outside Williamson. The cause of death is not yet known, but the case is being investigated as a homicide.

SME and AIME honored Society Founders by joined the PA Historical and Museum Commission for the dedication of an official Commonwealth Historical Marker commemorating the 1871 founding of the American Institute of Mining Engineers in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

In a move spearheaded by environmentalists, the Portland, Oregon Public Schools unanimously approved a resolution aimed at eliminating doubt of climate change and its causes in schools.

“Continued construction of unabated coal fired power plants are not compatible with the climate commitments it made in the Paris Agreement.”

Chinese regulators have approved three new coal-to-gas projects, ending a suspension lasting more than a year amid doubts about pollution risks as well as the economic viability of the technology.

The Supreme Court's decision to stay U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan was hailed as a victory by many fossil fuel advocates. But if you ask John Pippy, the most well-known coal lobbyist in Pennsylvania, the battle over climate regulations is far from over.

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin today released a statement to set the record straight against false, out-of-state attacks on his commitment to protecting and defending coal miners and the coal industry in West Virginia.

Things aren't looking good as far as the pension plans and health care benefits for coal miners. United Mine Workers of America officials just announced at least 21,000 retired coal miners could be losing their health care coverage at the end of the year.

As more coal companies file for bankruptcy, it’s increasingly likely that taxpayers will be stuck with the very high costs of preventing abandoned mines from becoming environmental disasters.

Op-Ed by Brent Rains.

Poland’s parliament approved a bill that introduces extra requirements for building wind parks as the country aims to curb the booming industry in a bid to help prop up its loss-making coal industry.

The Virginia Coal & Energy Alliance 37th Annual Conference and Exposition is here -- May 23 & 24, 2016. The meeting is being held at the Meadowview Convention Center in Kingsport, TN.

West Virginia's current coal mining report.

Some Americans may not realize it, but coal still provides roughly 35 percent of all the electricity generated in the United States — the largest share of electricity from any one energy source.

“This administration is pursuing an unrealistic vision of a world without coal,” said Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead. “Instead they should pursue a realistic vision that recognizes coal’s place in the world, and should invest to make it better.”

Frustrated coal miners, coal company executives and truckers who haul coal swamped a daylong public meeting Thursday on proposed reforms urging a three-year moratorium on new coal leases be overturned and reform efforts dropped.

The nation's emotion-fueled debate over coal mining's future passed through Salt Lake City on Thursday, when federal officials hosted a listening session to gather comments that will guide broad reforms for how federal coal is managed.

Seeking to reassure her international audience, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said the United States will absolutely meet its obligations to cut carbon emissions as agreed to in the landmark climate treaty signed in Paris last December.

Environmental groups urged the Japanese government to use the Group of Seven summit meeting to be held later this month in western Japan as a platform to announce a shift away from fossil-fuel financing.

“I do not believe the government’s target of 10 percent will be met,” said Peter Lee, an analyst with BMI Research in Singapore. “While gas use will still grow, it will prove challenging to achieve such a significant jump.”

Coal miners and their supporters came out in force to a public hearing Thursday in Salt Lake City, UT, blasting a moratorium on federal coal leases as the latest attack in a war on coal that unfairly blames fossil fuels for climate change.

Miners and Western Republicans are lining up against the Obama administration and environmentalists in what some consider the next front in the “war on coal.”

Walter Energy Inc defeated an attempt by union workers to salvage job contracts and keep retiree benefits after a judge upheld a lower court ruling allowing the bankrupt coal producer to reject labor agreements.

West Virginia has been leading the charge to knock down federal carbon-cutting regulations, but the state's utility companies are taking steps on their own to embrace changes toward cleaner power generation anyway.

Seneca Coal Resources LLC is facing a class action lawsuit after allegedly laying off more than 100 employees without any prior notice.

Donald Trump has said global warming is a hoax. He has said he is not a big fan of the Paris accord, and that at a minimum he will be renegotiating those agreements.

Peabody Energy announced today that it has completed the sale of its 5.06 percent participation interest in the Prairie State Energy Campus to the Wabash Valley Power Association for $57 million, subject to certain customary post-closing adjustments.

The Weekly Coal Production Report has been updated for the week ended May 14, 2016.

The Arch Coal Foundation announced today that 11 high school graduating seniors were chosen as 2016 Arch Coal Scholars. Each student will receive a $2,000 annual scholarship to an accredited college or university for up to four years.

Donald Trump’s incendiary comments over the UN’s new climate deal made little impact in Bonn on Wednesday, where officials from 196 countries are working on plans to slow global warming.

Ontario enshrined its carbon-cutting targets in law on Wednesday, along with emissions trading and green investment plans.

Indonesia, already one of the world’s biggest carbon emitters, plans to build a further 100 coal-fired power stations by 2019. This would seriously jeopardize the country’s COP 21 commitments, EurActiv France reports.

The legislation would help ensure that states and tribes have a significant voice in any changes to federal coal, oil and gas royalties or leasing policy.

Carbon capture and storage can help countries achieve emissions goals outlined in the Paris climate agreement, but first CCS technology must improve so that it captures at least 95% of CO2 emissions, according to researchers at Imperial College London.

WV Attorney General Patrick Morrissey will discuss the legal case challenging the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan at a National Press Club conference on Mon., May 23, at 3 p.m., in the Club's Bloomberg Room in Washington, D.C.

Emotions ran high in a showdown Tuesday between environmentalists and the mining industry over coal-leasing reform and whether the federal government should increase how much it charges corporations to mine federal reserves.

Hillary Clinton appears to have eked out a win in the Kentucky primary. It's an improvement over her loss to Bernie Sanders in West Virginia last week, 51 to 36 percent. But it's hardly a resounding victory.

Planners and leaders from many West Virginia communities impacted by the downturn in the coal industry learned more Wednesday about how to prepare for the next chapter of their hometown.

In the state of Washington, the Franklin County Commission could join a small but growing list of Tri-City agencies (consisting of the cities of Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco) that have endorsed plans for a major Columbia River coal export terminal.

A $53 million plan for Utah to buy a share of a coal-export facility in California is sparking controversy over both funding for the deal and its potential impact on the environment.

China said it would persist with controversial tax rebates to steel exporters to support the sector's painful restructuring, defying a United States move to impose punitive import duties on Chinese steel products.

The U.S. government has imposed massive tariffs on Chinese steelmakers in a bid to halt what American rivals have labeled as large-scale dumping by their Asian competitors.

The Indian government has indefinitely deferred the allocation of coal blocks for commercial, noncaptive coal mining.

A showdown is shaping up over the future of Wyoming's coal industry Tuesday as federal officials look at overhauling the federal coal leasing program and possibly charging more to mine.

Today marks the beginning of the 40th Annual Alabama Mine Rescue Contest, which is being held in Sumiton, Alabama.

An attorney studying the Paris agreement has said she believes the U.S. will follow through on its commitment to the agreement, but questions whether it's possible to replace fossil fuels to powering the U.S. and other parts of the world.

Arch Coal’s Leer Mine reported to the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training that a miner was suspected to have died from a heart attack at the underground operation in Taylor County.

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan today urged scientists of Central Institute of Mining fuel Research to focus on coal liquefaction research in the interest of people as well as the country.

South Africa will still be reliant on coal power for electricity "for years to come," Eskom group executive for distribution, Mongezi Ntsokolo said.

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. today announced that Vantage Energy Appalachia II, LLC was named the successful bidder for certain oil and natural gas assets in Southwest Pennsylvania owned by its subsidiary, Pennsylvania Land Resources, LLC.

Evans worked as Vice President, Underground Mining prior to becoming President of NORWEST’s U.S. operations and serving as Chairman of the NORWEST Corporation Board of Directors.

Today, the U.S. Energy Information Administration posted a summary of two cases of energy projections covering 2015 to 2040 from the forthcoming Annual Energy Outlook 2016.

NIOSH mining researchers have just made their Mine Emergency Escape Training (or MEET) software available through the NIOSH Science Blog.

A massive wildfire around the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, moved toward energy production facilities on Tuesday, extending a shutdown that has led to lost Canadian output of one million barrels a day.

NMA President and CEO Hal Quinn released a statement today in support of bills that would strengthen the voice of states and tribes in the promulgation of federal policies and regulations that can have significant economic impacts on their communities.

For decades, Texas has proudly mined the coal that fuels American industry. Unfortunately, the Texas coal industry now faces an all-out assault from Washington.

This Administration’s “War on Coal” seems a misguided way to lead the world when it comes to tomorrow’s energy sources.

Coal pricing remains depressed and demand absent in the Central Appalachian spot coal market, with hopes of a hot summer hopefully bringing a reprieve, industry participants told S&P Global Platts this week.

Funding for a large carbon capture and storage project in Texas has been pulled by the US Department of Energy.

When Piyush Goyal set a target of providing affordable round-the-clock electricity to all by 2019, it seemed overambitious to some. However, one public sector enterprise went into an overdrive to turn this dream into a reality.

A fatality reported from Leer Mine seems to be medically related, according to authorities.

As a series of public comment meetings get underway today in Wyoming, NMA President and CEO Hal Quinn issued a statement on the Department of the Interior’s moratorium on new coal lease sales from federal land.

Hundreds of Western Kentucky coal miners are searching for work after a slew of layoffs.

Indonesian environmental activists on Sunday morning scaled two massive cranes at the Cirebon Coal Power Plant on the north coast of Java island to tack up yellow banners demanding an end to the use of the combustible fossil fuel.

Coal production had to be curtailed in the month of April on the back of low offtake of the fossil fuel, a top official said on May 16.

A Virginia environmentalist is said to be a leading contender in the race to acquire Alpha Natural Resources’ coal mines out of bankruptcy, including the company’s two facilities in the Powder River Basin.

The Coal Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending May 13, 2016.

Earlier this week, Citizens for Coal launched Coal for Trump, an organization focused solely on the upcoming race for the presidency of the United States. They believe Donald Trump offers real hope to our coalfield communities.

Throttled by several years of tumbling prices and plummeting demand for their coal, American miners keep hearing about a “new normal” they will have to confront. Coal will have a role, analysts and executives say assuredly.

Coal's rapid decline means more than economic loss. Since 1864, the mining in western Colorado built communities, creating a common world that gave continuity, identity and purpose.

The U.S. government is forecasting that the world's coal consumption will increase almost 15 percent in the coming decades, despite new regulations that will slow the industry significantly stateside.

Carnival rides, the parade and fair food attract the local kids to the Old King Coal Festival in West Frankfort, IL -- but for community members like Donald Ridel, it's a time to celebrate rich history.

A spokesperson for WorkForce West Virginia confirms Walker Machinery in Belle recently gave its employees WARN notice. It wasn’t immediately known how many workers the company is considering for the furlough in mid-July.

South Africa’s coal mining industry has the potential to guarantee jobs for South Africa’s young generation, owing to the mineral being essential to the generation of baseload electricity, which is crucial for industrial development.

Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has asked one of America’s most ardent drilling advocates and climate change skeptics to help him draft his energy policy.

China Shenhua Group cut coal output capacities by 95 million tons on its own initiative in 2014 and 2015.

The plan, Senate Bill 3426, would create the Clean Coal Technology Development and Utilization Fund and call for greater investments in clean coal producers on behalf of the state.

CORESafety was launched in 2011 by the National Mining Association. Since then, companies operating in all segments of the industry have implemented it with the goal of achieving zero fatalities and 50% fewer injuries over the next five years.

The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis filed comments Friday with the Department Interior urging sweeping changes in how the U.S. government manages coal leases on federal lands.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called for a review of a program to develop 35 gigawatts of power-generating capacity by 2019 as the ambitious electrification scheme succumbed to doubts from within the government and private sector.

India's coal imports fell by 15 percent to 15.9 million tonnes (MT) in April this year. The imports stood at 18.7 MT in the same month last year.

The country has plans to build 14 coal power plants. Even if not all are built, it is heavily invested in high-carbon infrastructure well beyond 2050.

RungePincockMinarco is proud to announce its Advisory team has been awarded NSW Mining’s Outstanding Supplier of the Year award at the NSW Mining Industry & Suppliers Awards Dinner in Sydney, Australia.

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock — perhaps buried by mountainous utility stockpiles — you’ve probably heard the US thermal coal market is struggling. Demand is down. Production has plummeted. Prices are low.

The World Coal Association (WCA) has welcomed today the publication of the report "The Role of Coal for Energy Security in World Regions” by the Coal Industry Advisory Board to the International Energy Agency (CIAB) on the role of coal in energy security.

The former Patriot Coal site is ultimately expected to offer 12,000 of flat land — a rare commodity in the Mountain State — to industrial and commercial companies looking to expand.

Komatsu Australia’s 2016 apprentice group faced off against Supercar Team Championship leaders Triple Eight Race Engineering at Barbagallo Raceway for the first ever Komatsu Apprentice Kart Race.

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship self-reported to the Taft Federal Prison in Taft, California Thursday afternoon after a federal appeals court denied an appeal that sought to keep him out on bond pending his appeal.

The company filed a petition in March with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, asking to be able to modify the company's obligations for retiree health care benefits.

MSHA has announced that it is enhancing enforcement of its “Rules to Live By” initiative of standards commonly cited following mining deaths, as well as nine underground coal mine exam rule standards for hazards that pose the greatest risk to coal miners.

The Weekly Coal Production Report has been updated for the week ended May 7, 2016.

When it comes to dependence on coal, California is not exactly West Virginia. But it is still striking to see that the Golden State’s use of coal to generate electricity has dropped so dramatically — essentially going from small to almost microscopic.

Terex Washing Systems will launch a number of new product lines serving an increasingly diverse range of materials handling sectors. First in the new product line-up is the eagerly awaited Modular Scalping Unit.

The focus will be on responsible mining, mining technologies and mineral resources in the realm of significant challenges, ranging from technological to social, environmental and economic concerns.

The Arch Coal Foundation recently named 10 exceptional Wyoming classroom teachers as recipients of the prestigious Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Award.

Proposed cuts to research into clean-burning coal at the U.S. Department of Energy drew sharp criticism from Republicans Wednesday.

Rep. John Bradley, D-Marion, introduced a bill on Tuesday to create incentives to cleanly burn coal. The proposal is an effort to keep the coal industry as an energy-policy player in Illinois.

Total world energy consumption rises from 549 quadrillion Btu in 2012 to 815 quadrillion Btu in 2040, an increase of 48 percent.

'Talks are heating up for a new state energy package, and we need to make sure coal remains a part of these talks,' said Sen. McCann. 'Clean coal represents a chance to grow jobs at home while producing reliable electricity.'

The Coalition will bring together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from participating universities to address the fundamental research challenges that impede advancement of fossil energy-based technologies.

The Grosvenor project, which was approved for development at the end of 2011, has delivered its first coal from its underground longwall seven months ahead of schedule and more than US$100 million below budget.

Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman and representatives from RIMCO are traveling to Cuba this week to meet with government representatives to enhance Caterpillar’s strong relationship in this emerging market.

West Virginia Coal Association's Vice President Chris Hamilton discussed why he is endorsing presidential candidate Donald Trump and why he stands against both Hillary Clinton and President Obama.

In honor of National Train Day, locomotion lovers at the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity took the opportunity this week to highlight the critical role trains have played in developing our national economy.

World energy consumption is projected to increase by 48% over the next three decades, led by strong increases in the developing world—especially in Asia, according to International Energy Outlook 2016.

The Coalition will bring together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from participating universities to address the fundamental research challenges that impede advancement of fossil energy-based technologies.

Foresight Energy LP today reported financial and operating results for the first quarter 2016, which included coal sales revenues of $163.1 million, a net loss attributable to limited partner units of $41.7 million.

Foresight Energy reported a larger quarterly loss as it continues to struggle with sagging coal demand and a fire that shuttered one of its Illinois mines.

Electric utilities across the country, and in Alabama, are using significantly less coal than they were just a decade ago thanks to environmental regulations and the low cost of natural gas.

Though it experienced a number of problems in its first year of operation, the SaskPower Boundary Dam Unit 3 carbon capture facility is now operating with a reliability rate of over 92%.

A year ago, Judge R. Brooke Jackson issued a ruling that sent shockwaves through Colorado when he sided with WildEarth Guardians on its claim that the OSM did not comply with federal law when it approved mining plans for Colowyo and Trapper mines.

Bernie Sanders renewed his commitment to campaign "until the last vote is cast" in the Democratic presidential race, saying his victory in Tuesday's West Virginia primary showed economically distressed voters "want real change."

Today is Primary Day in West Virginia, and that means you and your neighbors will have the opportunity to make the case for your party’s respective nominee in the November elections.

Voters in Appalachian coal country will not soon forget that Democrat Hillary Clinton told an Ohio audience in March that she would "put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business."

The government dealt a blow on Monday to a proposed coal export facility in Washington state that pitted two Indian tribes against each other — one that wanted to export coal to Asia, another that argued the facility would damage historic fishing grounds.

The City Council could vote next month on whether coal should be transported to a massive shipping terminal at the former Oakland Army Base -- and one councilman said Monday his mind is already made up.

Throughout the day today West Virginians will head to the ballot box where their votes could reaffirm the role coal plays in West Virginia and the future of American energy policy.

With the auction of 16 coal blocks in India scheduled to get under way in the next month, the Indian government has firmed up methodologies for the upfront payment and reserve price for these auctions, with a view of advancing coal mining in India.

“Despite weak power demand during the first quarter, our mine-mouth and cost-protected model again helped us deliver solid results, especially cash flows,” said Kevin Paprzycki, Westmoreland’s Chief Executive Officer.

Coal magnate Jim Justice says he’s not sure what to believe about climate change and he’s doubling down on a coal boom returning to save the state.

On Tuesday voters in West Virginia head to the polls for that state's presidential primary. It's a region where coal is king, but that could be changing and many are now wondering just how much the issue of coal will play a role in the 2016 election.

Moody’s expects the coal industry’s combined net income to decline by more than 10 percent over the next year to year and a half.

A federal appeals board overturned the approval of a coal lease that would add nearly 1,800 acres and 8 million tons of reserves to the currently idled Bowie No. 2 Mine near Paonia.

Carbon dioxide emissions from the US’s energy sector fell in 2015 and now stand at 12% below 2005 levels, a drop mainly driven by the continuing collapse of the coal industry.

The Coal Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending May 6, 2016.

Coal producers, utilities and railroads agree that working together is the best path toward 2020 recovery, panelists at a major coal conference said last Thursday.

The top U.S. environmental regulator said Friday that federal rules to curb power plant pollution are not the cause of the economic decline of coal country.

Ongoing pressure on the coal sector resulted in further deterioration of the financial performance of Peabody Energy's Australian unit in the March quarter, ahead of the company filing for bankruptcy in April.

The Ministry of Water and Power has decided to invite international competitive bids for engineering, procurement and construction contract for installing $1.7 billion Jamshoro coal-based power plants.

Peabody Energy today announced that several of its Australian subsidiaries have entered into sale and purchase agreements with Australia-based Pembroke Resources to sell its interest in undeveloped metallurgical reserve tenements.

Colorado is one of 17 coal-producing states that have formally protested the Obama Administration’s Stream Protection Rule, the most recent of regulations that some experts say will spell the end of the industry and the thousands of jobs it supports.

Atrum is now permitted to begin bulk sample mining activities, designed to supply customers trial cargoes of Groundhog Ultra 10% ash anthracite.

The US coal industry's road to recovery must be paved with consolidation, wiser capital investments and clearer contracts, Jim McCaffrey, senior vice president of energy marketing at CNX Coal Resources, said Friday.

The United States has lost approximately 191,000 jobs in the mining industry since September 2014 including approximately 7,000 that were lost in April, according to data published today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The coal furnaces at Alinta Energy's Port Augusta power station in South Australia's north went cold yesterday as it went offline.

Chinese authorities on Friday vowed to strengthen law enforcement for coal mine safety supervision and strictly ban suspended coal mines from planning production by themselves.

Clinton has shifted positions on coal, moving from high praise for clean-coal technology and the fuel’s role in U.S. energy production back in 2008 to recently promising miners will be out of work and coal mines shut down if she is elected President.

The U.S. Department of Energy provided $245 million in a grants to build the first large-scale power plant in the U.S. to gasify coal and capture carbon, as a potential way toward developing cleaner-burning technologies as pollution limits take hold.

Increasing mining activities worldwide is expected to boost the global mining equipment market over the forecast period. Mining activities are especially rising in Asia Pacific Countries such as Australia, India and China.

According to data from the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training, coal mining in West Virginia has provided an average of 23,000 direct mining jobs plus another 60,000 support jobs.

On the morning Donald Trump became presumptive Republican nominee for the US presidential election, Lauren Fabius, Former Prime Minister of France, expressed concerns.

Rhino Resource Partners LP reported a net loss of $1.2 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $6.6 million, compared to a net loss of $3.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $6.2 million in the first quarter of 2015.

Before Donald Trump came out to stage at the Charleston Civic Center, it was clear where the crowd’s support was going. Chants of “We want Trump!” rang through the audience.

Donald Trump cast Hillary Clinton as anti-coal during a campaign stop in West Virginia and vowed to raise money for other Republicans running down ticket.

During an Interview with Fox Business Network’s Charles Pain, WVCA Vice President Chris Hamilton discussed why he is endorsing presidential candidate Donald Trump and why he stands against both Hillary Clinton and President Obama.

For his first act as the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump strode on stage, extended his arms and conducted the crowd through a chorus of “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

Murray Energy Founder and CEO Bob Murray weighed in Thursday on what the challenging political environment for the coal industry means for coal companies, workers and consumers across the country.

The Weekly Coal Production Report has been updated for the week ended April 30, 2016.

The membership of the West Virginia Coal Association today announced it is endorsing Donald Trump, Republican of New York, for the office of president of the United States in this year’s election.

The EPA maintains there’s absolutely no reason for it to reconsider its requirement that new coal plants capture some of their carbon emissions.

After a trip to a North Dakota coal mine Tuesday, a U.S. Department of the Interior official agreed to take more of the state’s concerns into consideration when enacting federal regulation.

Ohio's NEWS9's Kate Davison sat down with coal giant Bob Murray, owner of Murray Energy, one day after it was announced Powhatan No. 6 Mine in Belmont County will be closing indefinitely in 6 months.

For the first time, the men have been put into the spotlight after a collection of images showing them with their wives straight after work gained attention on China's social media sites.

Bo Copley, who challenged Hillary Clinton on her comments about the coal industry, talked with Neil Cavuto on “Your World" Tuesday about the confrontation.

Op-Ed in The Washington Times.

SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Consol Energy on March 3rd, 2016 at $10.07. In approximately 2 months, Consol Energy has returned 41.98% as of today's recent price of $14.29.

Auditors of U.S. Department of Energy warned in a report “of serious doubts about the continuing viability” of the Texas Clean Energy Project, the second blow this year to the Summit Power Group endeavor after the agency suspended funding in February.

Hexagon Mining Services aligns all services under the three pillars of Deployment, Training, and Consulting. The three pillars approach aims to help mines continuously improve across the planning, operations, and safety spectrum.

Plans by Coal India to buy billions of dollars of new machinery and outsource work are facing resistance from powerful unions worried about job losses, in a potential blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise to bring electricity to all.

Senator Jim Inhofe accused 17 attorneys general of a "misuse of power" Wednesday after revelations that more than 100 universities, academics and think-tanks have been targeted in an investigation into climate-change dissent.

Equipped with an EPA Tier 4 Final certified engine, this latest addition to the wheel loader family combines an enhanced lockup torque converter function and SmartLoader logic to achieve low fuel consumption and high travel speeds.

The meeting will be held at the Horseshoe Bay Resort in Horseshoe Bay, Texas from May 11-13.

If he lives up to his campaign rhetoric, a President Donald Trump would be a nightmare for the Environmental Protection Agency, radical environmentalism and the mandate- and subsidy-dependent “green” energy racket.

Shri Piyush Goyal said the portal is a step in providing information to the people of India, and that it will curb problems like corruption and exploitation of labour by contractors and help in providing proper and timely wages to contractual workers.

“This administration has legislated and regulated from the Oval Office, promoting policies that jeopardize access to low-cost and reliable electricity and forcing small businesses to choose between layoffs or shuttering their doors."

U.S.-based New Colombia Resources, Inc., with operations in Mexico, has received notification from the Agencia Nacional de Mineria to accept new terms for for another approved Concession Contract for high quality premium metallurgical coal.

The Washington Department of Ecology has demanded that a company proposing to export coal plan to sharply shrink the project’s expected carbon footprint, raising questions about the plan’s chances of winning approval from Gov. Jay Inslee’s administration.

In 2014, the global market for coal trading approximated 8,086 mn tonnes and is anticipated to touch 10,951 mn tonnes by the end of 2023. The market is expected to register a healthy 3.43% CAGR between 2015 and 2023 in terms of volume.

Dressed in red boiler suits, groups of protesters crossed barbed wire fences, chained themselves to machinery, and lay across access roads.

Dialogue and video from the May 3 edition of Fox News' The Five.

A clean coal project with backing from top administration officials and federal subsidy funds intended to support the case for stringent environmental regulation may instead show why those regulations are illegal.

Hub Power Company has announced that it will set up a 330-megawatt coal-based power project in Thar at a cost of $500 million in partnership with other investors, subject to approval of the Private Power and Infrastructure Board.

A R42.5-million claim brought against coal mining company Keaton Mining by opencast mining services company Megacube Mining has been dismissed with costs.

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton promised help Monday for an area of Kentucky hit hard by job losses in the coal and steel industries.

Essar Power today said its first unit of 600 MW capacity at Mahan project in Madhya Pradesh has resumed commercial production after a gap of 17 months after the company made available 3 lakh tonnes of coal through e-auction.

Coal India Ltd, the world’s biggest miner, cut production and shipments of the fuel for the first time in more than a year as sluggish demand caused stockpiles to swell.

Murray says Hillary Clinton will continue to destroy jobs, U.S. economy.

Mrs. Clinton was confronted Monday by an out-of-work coal worker in West Virginia who took issue with her anti-coal comments. Not only did Mrs. Clinton not apologize for the remark, she also lied about the context and intent behind the remark.

As Mrs. Clinton stepped onto the sidewalk on Monday to tour a health and wellness center in Williamson, West Virginia, protesters stood in the rain, many holding signs supporting the leading Republican candidate, Donald J. Trump, and chanted, “Go home!”

Hillary Clinton began a two-day tour on Monday through rural, traditionally coal-reliant parts of the eastern Appalachian region where Republican rival Donald Trump’s pro-coal, anti-trade message has resonated with economically distressed voters.

A new report shows that coal used to generate electricity by American utility companies declined by 29 percent since 2007.

Metallurgical coal (coking coal) prices have been on a downtrend over the last few years — from $150 a tonne in September 2013, the price halved to $75 by mid-February 2016.

In recent history, global coal export demand was driven by European and Japanese post-war reconstruction and the emergence of the Tiger economies of South Korea and Taiwan. China and India have been late but significant players in the global coal market.

CORESafety’s approach to mining safety and health is to prevent accidents before they happen, using recognized risk management tools to identify and eliminate potentially hazardous situations before accidents occur.

Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton is a vocal supporter of President Obama’s costly power plan that will raise electricity prices in 48 states including Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio yet does nothing to prevent global climate change.

Martin Engineering has conducted extensive research at its Center for Innovation facility in Illinois to find conveyor solutions to carryback, belt health, spillage and pulley/idler health problems faced by numerous industries.

The National Mining Association, sponsor of MINExpo INTERNATIONAL® 2016, today announced that Caterpillar Inc. group president Denise Johnson will chair the world’s largest mining equipment exhibition.

Hillary Clinton is committed to a national energy plan which does not offer a role for coal, let alone any appreciation for its use as a clean base fuel for generating household and industrial electricity around the world.

Robert E. Murray is the architect of the most serious challenge to the Obama administration’s environmental goals, particularly its policy on climate change.

A new report in Colorado's North Fork Valley coal industry is providing some hope, if not for the future of mining then at least for putting a mining byproduct to use.

Just weeks ago, Hillary Clinton, who many think is the presumptive Democrat nominee for president, said she was “going to be putting a lot of coal miners and coal operators out of business” if she was elected.

Members of local government, private industry and state regulatory offices gathered at Moffat County High School in Craig, Colorado on Wednesday night to discuss the climate of Northwest Colorado’s energy sector.

Coal India, which accounts for over 80 percent of the domestic coal production, dispatched 385.4 mt of the dry fuel in 2014-15, government data showed.

Op-Ed by Ian Kirkwood in Australia's Newcastle Herald newspaper.