China stepped up imports of Australian steelmaking coal in March: Australian data

China stepped up purchases of Australian steelmaking coal in March after customs delays earlier this year, Australian government data showed on Tuesday, but exports of thermal coal to the world’s biggest consumer continued to fall. Chinese traders had cut back on purchases of both thermal and metallurgical coal from Australia in February due to lengthy […]

On May 7, 2019

Warrior Met Coal mines quarterly record of met coal

Alabama-based Warrior Met Coal produced a record amount of metallurgical coal in the first quarter. The company produced a record 2.3mn st of met coal, which is used in steel manufacturing, in the first quarter of 2019, up 9.5pc from the 2.1mn st produced during the same period of last year. Warrior’s quarterly tons sold […]

On May 3, 2019

Paringa starts shipping coal from Kentucky mine

Coal producer Paringa Resources has started shipping product from its Poplar Grove mine in western Kentucky. The company said it loaded 1,500 short tons (1,360 metric tonnes) of coal onto barges at its Ainsworth Dock on the Green river on 26 April. The coal was shipped to customer Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. […]

On April 30, 2019

Alliance lowers 2019 thermal coal export guidance

Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) reduced its guidance on 2019 thermal coal exports as lower international coal prices made booking sales more challenging. The US coal producer expects to export approximately 11mn short tons (10mn metric tonnes) of thermal coal this year, down by about 1mn st from expectations set in January. Alliance said it will […]

On April 29, 2019

Arch Coal reports record coking coal margins in Q1

Arch Coal sold 20.62 million st of coal in the first quarter of 2019, down 13.9% from 23.95 million st in Q4 2018 and 12.8% from 23.66 million st sold in the year-ago quarter, due to a sharp drop in Powder River Basin shipments, but were offset by record margins in its coking coal segment, […]

On April 25, 2019

Potential US-China trade deal would boost US met coal exports, uplift global economic activity: Seaport

Houston — While a US-China trade deal might lead to a prompt response in met coal exports from the US to China, the larger outcome would be an improved global economy and boost to the steel market, a Seaport Global report said Tuesday. Seaport analysts Mark Levin and Nathan Martin noted Xcoal’s Jack Porco’s claim […]

On April 16, 2019

Canada’s Ridley Terminals March coal exports jump to five-year high

Coal exports from the Ridley Terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, reached a five-year high of 982,516 mt in March, up threefold from a two-year low of 313,756 mt in February and the most since 1 million mt was shipped out in December 2013, according to data from the Prince Rupert Port Authority. The total, […]

On April 15, 2019

Federal judge holds off on decision for export terminal

The Millennium Bulk Terminals coal export project in Longview, Wash. Millennium Bulk Terminals A federal judge has decided to withhold judgment on the Millennium Bulk Terminals project until a state court decides on the future of the proposed coal export facility. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington Senior Judge Robert Bryan yesterday stayed the lawsuit […]

On April 15, 2019

Trump executive order could pave way for Washington coal port terminal

CHEYENNE — An executive order from President Donald Trump that could help pave the way for coal exports garnered praise from Wyoming leadership this week. But critics see it as a way to lessen local control over issues of water quality in favor of industry’s bottom line. One of the executive orders Trump signed Wednesday […]

On April 12, 2019

Four coal ships loaded at Virginia’s Dominion Terminal in week ended April 12; one more at pier

Terminal Associates loaded and exported 164,700 st of coal on four coal carriers at its Newport News, Virginia, pier in the week ended April 12, compared with three that exported 213,161 st a week earlier, company data showed Friday. The terminal, which is owned by Contura Energy (65%) and Arch Coal (35%) and served by […]

On April 12, 2019

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