Coal in the News

25Jul

Good News: Workers Being Called Back

Via The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: In another sign of life for the coal industry, Komatsu Mining Corp. (formerly Joy Global) has called back 65 workers and will hire 15 more due to a “uptick in work in the mining industry.” The workers were called back on the job last week. The new workers that will be hired […]
24Jul

Let’s Take the Lead in Clean Coal

Via The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord has drawn criticism, but if there’s a silver lining, it may be that his renewed focus on coal could spur technological advances leading to both a cleaner environment and safer power generation for millions of people around the world. Roughly […]
21Jul

Trump Delivering: Coal Industry Alive and Well

Via OneNewsNow: Luke Popovich, vice president of communications for the National Mining Association, says the death of coal has been greatly exaggerated. “I think a lot of the major media on the coasts – and I’m talking about the most influential, big dailies – don’t like Donald Trump,” says Popovich. “Donald Trump likes coal, so they don’t […]
21Jul

Increased U.S. Reliance on Natural Gas Poses Grave Security Risk

Via Lifezette:  Without coal as backup, attack on key pipelines or hubs could threaten power for millions of Americans Energy enthusiasts have been rallying around natural gas in recent years as a replacement for coal in generating electricity. And undoubtedly, the fracking revolution has unleashed more natural gas for power generation. But the resulting push […]
20Jul

Rick Perry Says ‘Clean’ Coal Will Shape America’s Energy Future

Via The Daily Caller: Secretary of Energy Rick Perry emphasized in a recent interview that clean coal will highlight his energy agenda, utilizing American innovation to pursue cleaner, cheaper coal while creating jobs in the process. The Washington Examiner sat down with Perry this week at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in a suburb of […]
19Jul

Coal Exports Exceeded Expectations at Start of Year

Via The Casper Star-Tribune: U.S. coal exports rose sharply in early 2017 amid increased demand in Asia and Europe. The U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday that exports are up by 8 million tons to 22.3 million tons through March. That’s a 58 percent jump over the 14.1 million tons exported during the same period […]
18Jul

Coal Projected to be Top Power Source

Via The Williamson Daily News: By a thin margin, coal will be the top source for U.S. power generation in 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s monthly Short Term Energy Outlook released Tuesday. The EIA report projects coal will fuel 31.3 percent of electricity in the U.S. in 2017, compared with 31.1 percent […]
18Jul

Prospects for Change

Via Mining News: After eight years of battling anti-mining policies being promulgated by the Obama Administration, the National Mining Association is cautiously optimistic about the positive change in the tone and substance of U.S. resource development policies since Donald Trump has moved into the White House. “The November election ushered in a surprisingly swift and […]
17Jul

Rising Demand for Coal Lifts Job Confidence

Via The Daily Item: Over the decade from 2006 to 2016, coal mining and its support jobs were down 37.6 percent, a drop of more than 3,100 jobs, according to data from the state Department of Labor and Industry provided by Deputy Communications Director Lindsay Bracale. In the past five years, from 2011 and 2016, […]
14Jul

America’s Next Energy Crisis

Via Forbes.com Some disasters arise unexpectedly, like an earthquake or massive storm. Others seem inevitable. Who didn’t see the 2008 financial crisis coming? In hindsight, most of us. In reality, most crises that seem inevitable after the fact often catch nearly all of us by surprise when they occur. The factors were obvious enough, but […]