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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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What Recession? Coal Acquisitions Keep on Coming (BTU, MT, MACDF, ACI, WLT, RIO, ANR, AAUKY, BHP, VALE, PCX, KOL)

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 9:55 am

While Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) and ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) haven’t been pursuing Australia’s Macarthur Coal Ltd. (OTC: MACDF) for more than a few months, the deal never really looked like ...
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Coal Miners Win a Meaningless Battle over Mountaintop Removal Mining (ACI, ANR, BTU, CLF, CNX, PCX, KOL)

Posted: October 7, 2011 at 12:17 pm

Coal company stock prices hit a five-year high in the summer of 2008, just before the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy sent the entire global economy into a tailspin. Five-year lows hit ...
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Coal Trends: A Douple-Dip Recession Predicting Tool? (ANR, WLT, PCX, ACI, JRCC, YZC, KOL, FCX, JJC)

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 10:50 am

Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) and Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) are signaling some disturbing trends that only bring on more fears of recession.  The companies have both lowered ...
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M&A Value For American Coal Players? (WLT, KOL, CNX, BTU, ANR)

Posted: September 7, 2011 at 9:56 am

Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WLT) is the next M&A target if the daily rumor mill has any truth to it.  The rumor is that Anglo American is weighing on whether ...
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Commodities Watch: Why Coal Is Back In Favor With Goldman Sachs (PCX, BTU, CNX, WLT, TCK, KOL)

Posted: June 20, 2011 at 12:32 pm

A Goldman Sachs analyst has raised the coal sector from 'Neutral' to 'Attractive' this morning. The big gainer was Patriot Coal Corp. (NYSE: PCX) which was raised from 'neutral' to ...
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Merger Bonanza, The Shrinking Coal Sector (ACI, ICO, ANR, MEE, WLT, RIO, RFLMF, CNX, BTU, PCX, JRCC, KOL)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 10:12 am

Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) has finally pulled the trigger on an acquisition that has probably been in the works for months. The coal miner has announced an all-cash acquisition ...
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Screening for Value Stocks in Commodities (CLD, MOS, NEM, CVX, KOL, POT, GDX, XOM, COP)

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 8:01 am

We have recently begun filtering out value stocks in a sector by sector screen ahead of earnings season.  This latest batch is a commodities value screen, and we identified three ...
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The Eight ETFs Which Owe Japan (KOL, TAN, KWT, PBW, EWV, UNG, GAZ, NAGS)

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 2:35 pm

The news coming out of Japan for its nuclear reactors is sadly starting to now get more media coverage than the vast death toll.  The projected death toll is somewhere ...
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Coal Sector Has Much More Than Arch’s Earnings Signal (ACI, BTU, MEE, ICO, PCX, CNX, KOL)

Posted: January 28, 2011 at 12:53 pm

Like demand for crude oil, demand for coal is being driven by China. The government's recent decision to limit domestic production means that other coal miners will be sending more ...
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Massey Energy Deal in the Works? (MEE, ANR, MT, PCX, ICO, WLT, WTNCF, KOL)

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 10:53 am

Since the CEO of Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) resigned earlier this month, the odds improved that the company would either be acquired or that it might go through a ...
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FBR Analyst Likes Coal in Christmas Stockings (PCX, CNX, CLD, KOL)

Posted: December 20, 2010 at 9:57 am

Apparently it seems that getting coal in your Christmas stockings is now a good thing.  FBR Capital Markets has a research report this morning that is highlighting some select coal ...
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A Tale of Two Chinese Coal Companies (PUDA, CREG, CSUAY, CCOZY, KOL)

Posted: December 8, 2010 at 12:47 pm

In 2010, China is expected to import about 130 million metric tons of coal, and that number could grow to 162 million metric tons in 2011. The country is trying ...
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Massey Energy Directors Divided on Strategy (MEE, ANR, MT, ACI, CNX, KOL)

Posted: November 22, 2010 at 1:58 pm

The board of directors of Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) are meeting this week to decide on the company's next step following a report in mid-October that it was "exploring ...
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Is ArcelorMittal The Right Fit For Massey? (MEE, MT, ANR, KOL)

Posted: November 15, 2010 at 12:52 pm

Since reports first surfaced that Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) was considering a possible sale of the company as one of a number of strategic options, the company's share price ...
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