A recent spate of legal, planning and legislative decisions have embedded jobs and the public benefit of coal mines as the key criteria for mine approvals in NSW.

The electricity running your lights may have been generated in a state you have never set foot in.

China alone consumes 56 percent of the world’s coal and about 15 percent more than a decade ago, while India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Bangladesh continue expanding use and the Western share has fallen from 40 percent to around 10 percent.

UBS analyst George Eadie maintains $Warrior Met Coal (HCC.US)$ with a buy rating, and adjusts the target price from $102 to $97.

US thermal coal exports rose to their highest level in nearly three years in September, led by jumps in shipments to some countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Core Natural Resources reported higher third-quarter sales but sharply lower net income, while securing substantial long-term coal sales commitments and highlighting potential export demand from China.