Europe targets US coal in election-year trade staredown

Europe targets US coal in election-year trade staredown

Transatlantic relations could reach a new low next month as the European Union readies tariffs on billions of dollars of American exports aimed at politically important industries for President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress. The EU has asked the World Trade Organization to give it the green light to place levies on $11.2-billion of […]

EU coal imports continue to decline in August

Weak coal burn kept net EU thermal coal imports at historic lows in August and poor margins for generators are likely to have restricted receipts since then as well. Positive clean dark spreads for base-load generation during the peak winter months may support a modest recovery in coal burn and imports, but the potential for […]

EU thermal coal imports at lowest this century

Intense competition from natural gas cut the EU’s net monthly thermal coal imports to their lowest this century in July, according to provisional Eurostat data. Net EU thermal coal imports from countries outside of the region fell by 3.7mn t on the year to 5.5mn t in July. This was down from 5.7mn t in […]

Russian March coal exports steady year on year, production up marginally

Russian coal exports in March were steady year on year at 15.45 million mt, which was 10% higher month on month, energy ministry data showed Thursday. That meant year-to-date exports totaled 44 million mt, down 1% year on year. For both exports and production, the volume of thermal coal was not disclosed, nor were export […]