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U.S. demand for coal is rising as the country's need for energy increases with the stuttering recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The investing population often makes very different bets around events, and they often take the opposite side regardless whether they otherwise feel happy or sad about news.
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It’s a crummy time to be a coal miner. If the political backlash against coal doesn’t get you, you can bet your assets that warm winter weather will. A fresh report from the U.S. Energy...
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The Supreme Court ruling against the EPA for not considering costs was supposed to be a lifeline for the business of fossil fuels. Or was it?
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The U.S. Supreme Court Monday threw the U.S. coal industry at lifeline with a five to four ruling ordering the EPA to take into account the cost of regulations on mercury emissions before adopting...
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It may be something of an understatement to say that 2014 was a tough year for the coal industry. Unfortunately, 2015 looks like more of the same.
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Change is in the air after the midterm elections have swung the balance of power back to the Republican party in Congress.
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Source: ThinkstockIf there is any industry that is unloved by the current administration it is the coal industry. Coal is especially despised this week at the environmental climate change march in...
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Coal investors are getting coal put in their stockings early in 2014. Alpha Natural Resources is having a very rough end to its week as a result due to a nasty downgrade from Goldman Sachs.
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Source: ThinkstockCSXÂ 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...
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Source: 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 year-end...
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Source: ThinkstockElection Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last seen was only...
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Source: thinkstockOn the day that the Presidential election is happening, investors are throwing money into the inflation winners. The problem is that maybe this is not an inflation trade. Maybe it...
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Earlier this week, CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) reported quarterly results that were more or less in line with estimates, but the mix of shipments was not what the railroader was used to. Coal shipments...
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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 jumped as much as...
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