We updated our Coal Markets Report for the business week ending August 21, 2026.

Coal prices rose above $131 per ton in late August, reaching their highest level since early August, amid firm Asian energy demand and ongoing supply risks.

Valmet has agreed to sell its pump business to Metso in a transaction that will transfer peristaltic hose pump and progressive cavity pump technologies, along with related aftermarket spare parts and service capabilities.

The IMI annual Scholarship Golf Outing will be held on September 25, 2026.

Hundreds of former coal miners in Eastern Kentucky could face a more difficult path to recovering wages and benefits they say they are owed following the collapse of coal operator Clintwood JOD LLC.

The world’s largest coal-to-liquids plant is turning coal into oil products that can power rockets and serve as machine lubricants while boosting its value sevenfold, according to a Chinese newspaper.