Tag: coal industry
Even When It’s Sitting In Storage, Coal Threatens Human Health
President Trump and his appointees have pledged to end what they call the “war on coal” – policies designed to reduce the health and environmental impacts from producing and burning coal, such as toxic air pollution and mine waste disposal in streams. But while it is true that coal production and use in the United States is subject […]
$2.5B Bidding War Signal A Resurgence For Coal?
The past year’s big run in coal prices is fading. With rates for benchmark products like Australian thermal recently sagging to $80/tonne — after a rise that took that commodity above $110/t in late 2016. But a massive M&A deal this week shows that coal is far from dead. With one of the world’s biggest […]
