We’re realizing more each day that it takes a variety of fuel sources to keep up with growing power demand, and coal can’t be left behind.

After two decades of flat demand, US electricity use is climbing and the race is on for generation sources that can operate around the clock and reliably deliver the power needed to run an increasingly energy-hungry US economy.

Komatsu has approved the use of the K-Tec 1237 ADT scraper with its new HM460-6 articulated dump truck — delivering a powerful new mass earthmoving combination to Komatsu dealers throughout North America.

The American Coal Council (ACC) released “Bedrock,” a powerful new 90-second film highlighting the hardworking men and women who mine American coal and the future they are helping to build.

Data released by energy officials in India shows that more than half of the country’s coal-fired power units are operating with low stockpiles of fuel, as power demand surges and generation from other resources lags.

Global prices for coking coal continued to be volatile in October; the market is facing uncertainty regarding supply volumes.