Under the MOU, the companies intend to jointly develop a mine-mouth FASForm™ processing facility at the Dry Fork Mine near Gillette, in Campbell County, Wyoming.

Seaborne thermal coal traded within a relatively tight range for almost a decade—roughly 940 million to 1,095 million tonnes annually, with no clear direction either way. That period may now be ending.

The United Mine Workers of America is raising concerns about what it describes as a serious decline in federal mine safety oversight, warning that reduced enforcement could leave coal miners increasingly vulnerable to dangerous working conditions.

President Donald J. Trump has secured U.S. majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in Venezuela – vastly expanding our current U.S. territorial proven reserves of roughly 46 billion barrels.

Supply issues have been tightening the Chinese coking coal market for months, pushing the price of the key steelmaking raw material a record 46% in August alone, the biggest surge on record.

U.S. coal shipments by rail are expected to post a slight year-over-year increase in the fourth quarter, offering a rare period of growth for a freight segment that has been in long-term decline.