While Illinois is planning to eventually phase out coal-fired power plants across the state, the plant at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is exempt because of its small capacity.

Gas costs about nine times more in Europe and Asia than at Henry Hub, the U.S. benchmark, coal demand is headed for a record, and five of the world’s eight oil chokepoints have trouble.

Warrior Met Coal’s Blue Creek mine has become a central driver of the company’s growth, supporting higher sales expectations and helping strengthen investor confidence in the Alabama steelmaking coal producer.

TeraWulf is redeveloping the former Somerset coal-fired power plant site in western New York into a large artificial intelligence data center campus, repurposing industrial land and existing electrical infrastructure.

Whitehaven Coal meets shareholders on November 5, 2026. Whitehaven Coal stock last traded at AUD 7.54 on October 16, 2026, up 1.9 percent on ASX.

According to SMM tracking, global coal port departures last week were 27.77 million mt, down 5% WoW and down 7% YoY, with cumulative port departures in 2026 at 1.1514 billion mt.