We updated our Coal Markets Report for the business week ending July 31, 2026.

As tech companies have built hundreds of hyperscale data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom, they have triggered conflicting predictions over how these facilities will affect the nation’s power grid.

American Electric Power has announced plans to purchase the 710 MW coal-fired Longview Power Plant in Monongalia County, WV for an undisclosed price.

Across America, the energy landscape is undergoing a transformation of unprecedented scale. As our nation accelerates its shift toward a digital-first economy, the demand for electricity is rising at a pace that few predicted even a decade ago.

Coal has long been associated with electricity generation, steelmaking, and carbon emissions. But a new technology unveiled in China aims to give the fossil fuel a very different role.

Clinch Resources Ltd. announced it has sold its first 11,000-ton train of commercial-grade metallurgical coal from its Lanes Branch surface mine in Wyoming County.