Corps Of Engineers Will Speed Up West Coast Coal Export Terminal Review

Corps Of Engineers Will Speed Up West Coast Coal Export Terminal Review

As U.S. coal producers have recovered on the backs of a new coal export boom to Asia, the Corps of Engineers announced it would revive and speed up its permit review of the long-embattled Millennium Bulk Terminals export coal terminal in Longview, Wash. Planned since 2012, the facility has already received its Environmental Impact Statement […]

United States : Daines Defends Montanas Right to Export Coal to Asia

U.S. Senators Steve Daines, John Barraso, Shelley Moore Capito and James Inhofe introduced a bill clearing the way for construction of the Millennium Bulk Terminal, which would create hundreds of Montana jobs by expanding trade opportunities for Montana coal. The legislation clarifies that Section 401 of the Clean Water Act cannot be used as a […]

Why shipping coal to Asia makes ecological sense

It may seem counterintuitive, but building the proposed coal-exporting shipping terminal, Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview facility, can reduce global greenhouse gases by making U.S. coal readily available to Asia. The state Department of Ecology’s final environmental impact statement for the Millennium coal export facility validates this point. Unfortunately, the details were buried in the appendices, where […]

Federal Judge Opens Door To Possible Mountain West Coal Exports

A U.S. district court judge has struck down the City of Oakland’s ban on transporting coal through a planned export terminal there. This could be big news for companies that want to ship their coal to key Asian markets. In his ruling, the judge said the City of Oakland didn’t provide enough evidence that moving […]

Cloud Peak Energy Signs Long-Term Coal Export Agreement with JERA Trading to Supply New Japanese Power Plant

Cloud Peak Energy announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cloud Peak Energy Logistics (“CPEL”), has entered into a term coal export sales agreement with JERA Trading Pte Ltd. (“JERAT”), which is a trading company based in Singapore (http://jeratrading.com/). Shipments are expected to commence as early as the end of 2019 and continue for a period […]