ThinkstockAlpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) reported quarterly and full-year results this morning and managed to flop over a very low bar. The adjusted earnings per share (EPS) loss for the quarter…
ThinkstockShares of Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) have lost more than 9% this morning, following the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report. The coal mining firm reported an adjusted earnings per share (EPS) loss…
ThinkstockPeabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) reported fourth quarter and full-year 2012 results yesterday that were objectively awful, but not bad in context. At least that’s what everyone thought yesterday when the company’s…
ThinkstockAs if anyone needed more evidence of the difficult path to profits in the oil refining business, Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) said this morning that it will shut down its Port Reading,…
ThinkstockCSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) has some somber words for the U.S. coal sector, despite what has been a handy recovery in the share prices of many of the sector leaders. The rail transportation…
ThinkstockEarlier this week, Consol Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) outlined its investment plans for 2013 and said it would focus more on natural gas production. Today the company released its fourth-quarter operational review,…
ThinkstockOn of the country’s largest coal miners, Consol Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) has outlined its investment plans for 2013, and the company expects to spend more on natural gas than it does…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Monday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) maintained Buy with $750 price target at Canaccord…
ThinkstockCanadian mining firm Teck Resources Ltd. (NYSE: TCK) announced this morning that the company expects fourth quarter coal shipments to exceed its prior guidance of 6.2 million metric tons. The company also…
ThinkstockIt is almost impossible to consider that troubles of such a magnitude could turn around in an instant, but that may actually be the case. We have taken a look at the…
Coal miner Consol Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) this morning said that the company would report a net loss for the third quarter that ended on September 30. The company’s CFO said: While…
Paul Ausick As natural gas prices rise along with a forecast for a colder winter in the U.S., U.S. coal stocks have benefited from a burst of enthusiasm since early October. Share prices have…
Following Governor Romney’s statement in Wednesday night’s presidential debate that, “I love coal,” coal stocks got a nice boost in yesterday’s trading, with shares rising nearly 12% at James River Coal Corp.…
Yesterday’s FOMC decision to provide more stimulus for the U.S. economy pushed stocks higher in every sector. The energy sector has done better than most as investors believe that economic growth will…
Coal miner Consol Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) was forced to close two of its southwestern Pennsylvania coal mines at the end of July due to the collapse of two conveyor belts that…
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