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Patriot Coal’s Starts Bloodbath for Coal Miners (PCX, BTU, ACI, CNX, ANR, JRCC, WLT, CLD, KOL)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 1:24 pm

Shares of Patriot Coal Corp. (NYSE: PCX) are in freefall this afternoon on a report from Debtwire that the company is seeking a firm to help with its restructuring. The ...
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Coal, Natural Gas Reaching Price Parity (XOM, CHK, EOG, CNX, BTU, ANR, ACI)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 8:58 am

Natural gas prices have been rising, getting to around $2.75/thousand cubic feet last week before falling back a little to around $2.69. At this level, coal once again enters the ...
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Patriot Coal Leads the Way to New Lows

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 1:28 pm

Today’s not a good day to be in the coal business. Miner Patriot Coal Corp. (NYSE: PCX) announced this morning that it was lowering both shipment and price forecasts for ...
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S&P Cuts Outlook on Coal Miner (CNX, ACI, ANR, WLT)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 1:14 pm

Ratings agency S&P has lowered its outlook on coal miner Consol Energy Corp. (NYSE: CNX) from ‘positive’ to ‘stable’, while maintaining a ‘BB’ junk rating on the company’s debt. Earlier ...
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Arch Coal’s Bad Results Could Get Worse (ACI, BTU, ANR, PCX, JRCC, CLD)

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 11:39 am

No one was expecting much from Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) when it reported first-quarter results this morning. And that’s just what investors got. The company reported an adjusted EPS ...
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S&P Puts Arch Coal on Negative Watch (ACI, PCX, JRCC, ANR, BTU)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 11:52 am

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has put coal miner Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) on CreditWatch with negative implications, threatening a one-notch downgrade to the company’s current ‘junk’ rating ...
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Coal Mining Stocks: Easy Come, Easy Go (BTU, ACI, ANR, PCX, JRCC, CLD)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 12:38 pm

Just yesterday we noted that coal stocks were getting a nice boost based on the expectation that the stocks had just about hit bottom. One day does not a trend ...
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Coal Stocks Jumping Today (BTU, ACI, ANR, PCX, JRCC, CLD)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 1:51 pm

Coal prices are getting a nice bump today after a long slide. Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU), Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI), Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), Patriot Coal ...
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Coal Exports Rose, But Low Domestic Prices Hurt (BTU, ACI, ANR, CLD)

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 10:24 am

US coal miners exported 107 million tons of coal in 2011, most of it to Asia. That’s nearly double total US coal exports just five years earlier, and the shipments ...
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How Bad are Coal Stocks? (JRCC, ACI, ANR, BTU, PCX, CNX)

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 11:24 am

Concerns about the global economic recovery and the ability of emerging markets, especially China, to keep growing are affecting prices for many commodities, including coal. Adding to coal’s problem is ...
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Coal Stocks Beaten Up on New EPA Emissions Rules (BTU, ANR, PCX, ACI, JRCC, KOL)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 12:21 pm

Yesterday’s publication of proposed new carbon emissions rules related to electricity power generating plants have taken even more steam out of US coal company stocks. The new rules are generally ...
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Coal Stocks Lifted on Rumor of Buyout (WLT, BRK-A, BRK-B, BHP, AAUKY, ANR, BTU, PCX, KOL)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 2:29 pm

British newspaper The Guardian has a blog post saying there is speculation that US coal miner Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) could be a ripe for a takeover fight among ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (FSLR, MNST, TSL, ARMH, MAR, Y, CROX, DECK, MRVL, MCP, SPN, ANR, JCP, NEM, CHTP, BV, KCP, RBCN, KND)

Posted: February 24, 2012 at 4:08 pm

After opening higher this morning, markets rebounded from an early dip following a better-than-expected reading on consumer confidence and a bullish report on US new home sales. But sellers took ...
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Arch Coal Tumbles on Earnings, Forecast (ACI, ANR, PCX, BTU, CNX)

Posted: February 10, 2012 at 9:27 am

Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) reported fourth quarter and full year earnings this morning, and, like most other coal miners, the fourth quarter was just okay, while the outlook for ...
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Lower Coal Demand, Odd Investor Outlook (ANR, PCX, BTU, CNX, ACI, KOL)

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 12:12 pm

US coal miners had a tough fourth quarter and most are expecting the same conditions for at least the first half of 2012. Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), Patriot ...
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