China has accounted for nearly all of coal's demand growth over the past decade.
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September 21 - Commodities, News
U.S. coal companies have been going through hard times since April 2011.
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September 18 - News
The press is making hay over the proposed rules the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to release later this month regarding carbon emissions at newly built electric...
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September 17 - Commodities, News
Falling coal prices have hit coal miners with a lot of debt on their balance sheets. Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU) is not an exception.
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September 13 - News
Last November, I announced my intention to create a portfolio of 10 companies that investors had effectively thrown away and given up on, in the hope of showing that deep-value...
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September 13 - News
Coal is one of the most plentiful and least expensive sources of energy on Earth. That's the good news.
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September 12 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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September 11 - News
Listen to some analysts and you'd get the impression coal companies should simply close their mines and call it a day.
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September 11 - News
Upton Sinclair coined the phrase 'King Coal' in a novel by that name published nearly 100 years ago.
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September 10 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are plenty of indicators market participants can use to watch stocks. Some of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading movement.
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September 9 - News
In the eyes of many market players, hedge funds are assumed to be delayed, old financial tools of a forgotten age.
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September 4 - News
There's not much Joy Global Inc. (NYSE:JOY) investors can look forward to, for at least another year. That's what the company's latest earnings release had to say.
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September 4 - News
Last November, I announced my intention to create a portfolio of 10 companies that investors had effectively thrown away and given up on, in the hope of showing that deep-value...
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August 30 - News
At a time when the whole coal industry faces severe headwinds, Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU) surprised analysts by reporting a profit instead of a loss.
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August 29 - News
This series , brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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August 28 - News
In the financial world, there are dozens of gauges market participants can use to watch Mr. Market. A pair of the best are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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August 28 - News
To many of your peers, hedge funds are viewed as overrated, old investment vehicles of an era lost to time.
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August 25 - News
Last November, I announced my intention to create a portfolio of 10 companies that investors had effectively thrown away and given up on, in the hope of showing that deep-value...
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August 23 - News
Arch Coal Inc (NYSE:ACI)'s stock price has appreciated more than 12% over the past month, but some investors will strongly argue that this is nothing more than a dead cat bounce...
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August 22 - News
The privately held Meritage Midstream Services has announced that it has purchased natural gas gathering and processing assets from Devon Energy Corp (NYSE:DVN) and PVR Partners...
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August 21 - News
Since taking the helm as President of Markel Corporation (NYSE:MKL)'s asset management division in December 1990, noted value investor Tom Gayner has helped Markel shareholders...
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August 20 - News
If it weren't for the export market, U.S.-based coal producers would be in dire straits these days.
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August 12 - News
In previous eras, coal dominated the energy consumption market, being both abundant and cheap. However.
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August 10 - News
In some ways, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) defies all logic of what is happening in the coal space today.
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August 8 - News
Companies like Arch Coal Inc (NYSE:ACI) had touted metallurgical coal as their darling savior, but the industry must face a deceptive truth: increased steel demand won’t equal...
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August 7 - News
Coal miners are some of the most beaten down stocks this year. And one of the most unfortunate companies among coal miners is Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WLT).
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August 6 - News
Coal companies are still recovering from write downs, but slowly, the industry is coming back. Now, there are a number of companies trading at or below book value.
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August 5 - News
Last November, I announced my intention to create a portfolio of 10 companies that investors had effectively thrown away and given up on, in the hope of showing that deep-value...
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August 2 - News
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
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August 1 - News
Although coal use increased in the first quarter at utilities, coal sales fell because energy companies dipped into their stockpiles to meet their fuel needs.
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August 1 - News
Usually, one wouldn't want to tread into the territory of Russian stocks.
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August 1 - News
When Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU) reported earnings last week, the company highlighted its position in the world's coal markets.
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August 1 - News
Large swathes of the U.S. face increasing droughts, wildfires, storms, and more.
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July 30 - News
While coal-to-gas switching -- the practice in which power plants use natural gas to create electricity rather than coal -- is expected to continue in the aggregate over the next...
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July 29 - News
Last November, I announced my intention to create a portfolio of 10 companies that investors had effectively thrown away and given up on, in the hope of showing that deep-value...
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July 28 - News
Coal stocks have been one of the worst performers this year. The sector was pressured by low coal prices and massive debt levels of the companies.
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July 26 - News
Arch Coal Inc (NYSE:ACI) will release its quarterly report on Tuesday, and shareholders expect the struggles for the coal company to continue not only this quarter but well into...
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July 26 - News
Coal as an energy source is likely to stay in the long term to preserve a diversified energy portfolio.
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July 22 - News
With the abundant supply and cheaply priced natural gas in the U.S, the clean fuel has successfully replaced coal in many industries.
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July 16 - News
So far, 2013 has been very unfriendly to commodity and commodity stock investors.
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July 15 - News
Low coal prices have been the major culprit behind a waning coal industry.
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July 10 - News
Coal stocks continue to remain under pressure this year. Falling coal prices and uncertainty about the world economy and coal demand has pushed coal stocks down.
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July 8 - News
China’s PMI continues to contract, which means a slowdown in the manufacturing activities in the country.
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July 7 - News
After a name change last summer, PVR Partners LP (NYSE:PVR), formerly Penn Virginia Resources Partners, set out on a path to switch its business model from coal-oriented loser...
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July 5 - News
India isn't just a blip in the coal market. It is projected to import more coal than China in the coming years.
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July 5 - News
Last November, I announced my intention to create a portfolio of 10 companies that investors had effectively thrown away and given up on, in the hope of showing that deep-value...
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July 5 - News
Benchmark coking coal prices are down 56% from a quarterly price of $330 per metric tonne in mid 2011 to $145 per tonne for the July-Sept, 2013 period.
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July 3 - News
Investing in coal is a frightening proposition.
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July 3 - News
Most Americans probably think that coal is dead.
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July 3 - News