Efforts To Boost Coal Exports Progress

The House Revenue Committee went back and forth over a bill that looks to incentivize coal exports, voting 5 to 3 to move the bill forward. House Bill 231, Coal Severance Tax Exemption – Canadian and Mexican Ports, is one of three bills with the goal of boosting exports this session along with the Wyoming Coal Marketing […]

China to offer tariff exemptions on US coal product imports (Platts)

Singapore — China will offer tariff exemptions on several US imports, the China’s Ministry of Finance said Tuesday, that includes US-origin metallurgical coal and thermal coal, with traders are saying the move could benefit the latter more than met coal. According to the statement, China will not levy its 301 countermeasures against imported goods from […]

India’s future energy options all add up to coal, agree the experts (PV Magazine)

Panellists including a government representative and a member of the chief policy thinktank used by Narendra Modi agreed coal will continue as the staple source of Indian power into the mid century and technology should be employed to ‘clean’ it. Although the hydrogen economy, energy storage options such as lithium and zinc-bromine and solar power […]

U.S. energy secretary hopes Mexico, Canada will help export American coal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Friday that Canada and Mexico could help export U.S. coal to Asia to get around the blocking of shipments by West Coast states concerned about the impact of the fuel on climate change. Brouillette said he expects the two U.S. neighbors will offer opportunities to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]