U.S. coal exports yield to steam market pressure

US coal exports fell in March under pressure from a second month of declines in steam coal shipments. Just under 9.22mn short tons (8.36mn metric tonnes) of coal left US ports during the month, down from 9.43mn st a year earlier, according to US Census Bureau data released today. Exports for the quarter dropped to […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]