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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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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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Peabody’s Australian Coal Mine Attracting Thai Interest (BTU)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 7:39 am

When the largest coal company in the US, Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) paid about $5 billion for Australia’s MacArthur Coal last year, it basically committed itself to Australia’s Bowen ...
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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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Lower EIA Oil & Energy Demand Projection Tempers Expectations (XOM, BHI, OIH, VLO, CHK, BTU, KOL)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 3:10 pm

Oil demand is being revised lower in a new forecast by the Energy Information Administration.  The reality is that the demand erosion is modest at a mere 70,000 barrels per ...
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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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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BBY, BWLD, CR, EMC, EXLP, GPS, IBN, INVN, LULU, MU, PAAS, BTU, RTN, RIMM, VVUS)

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 8:07 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday. Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) Maintained Hold at Argus. Buffalo ...
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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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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AET, MO, MWW, RAI, ZNGA, DRI, DLGC, ACN, BONE, WTSLA, KBH, KITD, CPWM, BTU, PLUG)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 4:06 pm

Markets opened about flat this morning but lost ground almost immediately as new home sales data came in weaker than expected. Then came a report that Iranian crude shipments were ...
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Peabody Warning Still Somewhat In-Line (BTU)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 12:44 pm

Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU) is issuing an earnings warning, but not from the normal logic behind most warnings.  The warning is said to be due to Australia weather-related events.  ...
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