Shifting seaborne coal demand challenges US

Atlantic basin thermal coal exports will continue to be challenged this year as western Europe moves away from coal-fired generation and imports. Industry executives speaking at the Coaltrans USA conference in Miami, Florida, last week painted a picture of shifting demand, ample supply and price disparities that seaborne market participants as a whole are grappling […]

On January 29, 2020

Expert: Coal port suit faces uphill battle to Supreme Court

Wyoming and Montana’s joint petition to the U.S. Supreme Court last week that aims to enable a west coast coal port expansion project faces an uphill legal battle, according to a University of Wyoming law professor. “It’s unlikely, I think, that the [U.S. Supreme Court] will accept it,” University of Wyoming law professor Sam Kalen […]

On January 28, 2020

Millennium Still Fighting For Permits, Despite Long Odds For Coal Terminal (Toshiba)

Millennium Bulk Terminals is still fighting for its proposed Longview coal project, even though the legal odds are heavily stacked against it. So the company was in court again Tuesday, appearing before the state Court of Appeals to challenge the state’s denial of a shorelines permit for the $680 million project. But the State Department […]

On January 22, 2020

Coal export battle hinges on commerce clause (E&E News)

A pair of energy-producing states may face ideological challenges in their quest for a high court review of Washington state’s blockade against the last major coal export project on the West Coast. Wyoming and Montana argued in a Supreme Court petition yesterday that Washington regulators violated constitutional protections on interstate commerce when they denied a Clean Water […]

On January 22, 2020

Wyoming asks Supreme Court to decide challenge to blocked Washington coal terminal (Casper Star Tribune)

Gov. Mark Gordon announced Tuesday that Wyoming will take legal action against Washington state over its blocking of a key coal export terminal, a decision long awaited by state lawmakers who see the west coast terminal as crucial to bringing Powder River Basin coal to international markets. Wyoming has joined Montana in asking the U.S. […]

On January 21, 2020

Wyoming, Montana seek Supreme Court ruling on coal exports (KDWN)

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming and Montana asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule on Washington State’s denial of a permit for a port facility that could boost U.S. coal exports. The coal-producing Rocky Mountain states argue the denial violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits states from impeding trade […]

On January 21, 2020

Analysis: Interim Deal Brings Relief to US Coking Coal (Argus)

US coal mining firms — having contended with coking coal prices at three-year lows in 2019, a string of chapter 11 bankruptcy filings and mine closures — welcomed yesterday’s signing by the US and China of the “phase-one” trade deal. China agreed to more than double its energy purchases — LNG, crude, products and coal […]

On January 17, 2020

West Virginia Governor, Putting Trump’s Name on the Line for Re-Election, Says He’s Been Asked to Help Pitch Coal to China (Metro News)

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice filed the official paperwork for President Donald Trump to be on West Virginia ballots and also told media the story of an outreach duty the president gave him on a telephone call yesterday. Trump on Wednesday signed an economic deal that commits China to buy an additional $200 billion in […]

On January 17, 2020

Washington governor is hurting environment, helping Putin

Failed Democratic presidential candidate and Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee is abusing the Clean Water Act and taking energy projects hostage. Instead of protecting the environment, he is playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin uses energy as an international political weapon. Russia is building two new natural gas pipelines from Siberia. […]

On January 9, 2020