Highlights of EIA's most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook.

The Department of the Interior has given the green light to Hurricane Creek Mining, LLC to mine coal on Bryson Mountain in Claiborne County, Tennessee.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is finally doing something almost unheard of in government in recent years: policymaking based on reality and facts.

Global banks channeled more than $385-billion to the coal power industry over the past three years, with annual flows increasing last year from 2023, according to analysis by a group of nonprofits.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects the Brent crude oil price to average less than $70 per barrel in 2025 and about $58 per barrel in 2026.

President Donald J. Trump has signed an Executive Order to eliminate subsidies for unreliable “green” energy sources like wind and solar in furtherance of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Federal officials on Monday took a first step toward reopening vast areas of public lands in two Western states to new coal sales as part of President Donald Trump's push to expand U.S. fossil fuel production.

A message from Chris Hamilton, President, West Virginia Coal Association.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on potential updates to coal leasing on public lands in the coal-rich Powder River Basin areas of southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc., a leading U.S. supplier of metallurgical products for the steel industry, plans to announce its second quarter 2025 financial results before the market opens on Friday, August 8, 2025.

Blackouts in the US could double by 2030 amid an expected increase in power demand brought on by AI.

In one sweeping bill, Congress has rewritten the rules of the road for America’s energy, mining and technology sectors.

We updated our Coal Markets Report for the business week ending July 4, 2025.

The Weekly Production / Consumption Report: Week 26 (June 28) has been posted.

MSHA released three proposed rules on July 1 aimed at revising the criteria for approving safety plans in underground coal mines.

When radical environmental groups denounce the United States’ use of fossil fuels, they often romanticize countries attempting to wean themselves from coal, oil and natural gas as models for us to follow.

Coronado Global Resources will struggle to raise the nearly $1 billion it needs after it was downgraded by one of the world’s largest credit agencies.

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” includes multiple provisions intended to “level the playing field across the energy sector,” according to the West Virginia Coal Association.

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would allow metallurgical coal producers to claim a tax credit previously applicable only to “critical minerals.”

Join us in celebrating our incredible inductees and this year's Prazen Award winner, buy your tickets to the National Mining Hall of Fame Induction Gala today!

Peabody Energy has extended a lock-out of workers at its Australian Metropolitan mine until late on 9 July, because of a continuing dispute with the Mining and Energy Union (MEU).

Australian Pacific Coal Limited has announced that Dartbrook Operations Pty Ltd, the operator of the Dartbrook Mine, has entered voluntary administration, leading to the appointment of receivers by Vitol Asia Pte Ltd, a secured creditor.

In January-May 2025, Ukrainian steelmakers increased imports of coke and semi-coke (HS 2704) by 39.9% year-on-year to 297.7 thousand tons. This is based on GMK Center’s calculations based on the State Customs Service data.

A key foreign-owned WA coal mine has fallen almost a billion dollars further into debt, even as the government prepares to pour more money into the insolvent company.

The West Virginia Coal Association is praising the passage of the massive budget bill passed by Congress on Thursday, however, not every coal mining organization is on board.

The giant policy bill muscled through Congress by Republicans is poised to remake American energy by slashing tax breaks for wind and solar power and electric cars while maintaining some federal support for sources like nuclear reactors and geothermal pla

The weekend implosion at the decommissioned Bull Run Fossil plant marks a transition from coal, but the Trump administration’s emphasis on coal production could put the agency in a quandary.

Volunteers from the Valley Volunteer Fire Department responded to a smoke investigation behind Winston Wheels and Tires in Whitehall on June 23, where they discovered an active underground coal seam fire.

India’s domestic coal production reached a record high of 1,047.6 million tonnes (MT) in FY25, marking substantial growth from 716.1 MT in FY21, at compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 10% over the past 5 years.

One of Russia's top mining companies has become the first coal producer to get government aid in a deepening crisis for an industry hit hard by plummeting global demand and sanctions due to Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine.

“The future for coal is long and bright,” said U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright during a recent visit to Morgantown.

The West Virginia Coal Association welcomes the final passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) by Congress and its anticipated signing by President Trump.

Over the past week, European thermal coal indices kept rising above 109 USD/t, supported by above-normal temperatures and a significant reduction in stocks at ARA terminals.

Coal production was up in West Virginia the first three months of the year, but the results across the region were mixed.

Against the backdrop of a deep crisis in the coal industry following the loss of the European export market, Russia has seen a sharp increase in the congestion of port warehouses with coal.

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Wyoming coal production was up slightly in the first three months of this year, with employment numbers dipping.

Energy abundance. Energy security. Energy independence.

Coal industry members are lauding a portion of the proposed budget reconciliation bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The two aging coal plants at Cayuga station might live on, despite Duke Energy’s proposal earlier this year to retire them in favor of natural gas units.

The 970-page big, beautiful bill passed in the Senate Tuesday after a “vote-a-rama” ahead of President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline, but West Virginians are split on whether it would help or hurt the state.

NMA has issued a statement from Rich Nolan, President and CEO of the NMA, on the House passage of President Trump's One, Big, Beautiful Bill.

We published our Weekly Coal Production report for the week ending June 28, 2025.

The first day of July brought 18 proposed rules from the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Every year the IMI holds an annual meeting and expo to have the opportunity to show-case our region and the benefits of mining. Our other reasons?

On June 16, the Trump Administration reinstated the National Coal Council, a federal advisory committee that lapsed in 2021.

The U.S. energy landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by policy decisions that favor coal's resurgence while exposing vulnerabilities in the renewable energy sector.

Is steel-making coal now critical to U.S. policy? Trump’s bill offers a 2.5% tax credit worth $300M over 10 years, raising climate and job market concerns.

The April 2025 power outage in Spain raised questions about renewable energy reliability, despite having an oversupply of 32 GW for 25 GW demand, and highlighted risks to Spain's export and manufacturing sectors.

Wyoming is a national leader in energy production and innovation. There is an energy transformation underway, and demand is exploding.

In 2024, the United States consumed about 94 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) of energy, a 1% increase from 2023, according to our Monthly Energy Review.

Financial support for Russia's coal industry will total tens of billions of rubles, Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Sazanov said in an interview published in newspaper Vedomosti on Thursday.

Indonesia is planning to reduce the RKAB mining quota period from three years back to one year starting from 2026, said Indonesia's energy and mineral resources (ESDM) minister Bahlil Lahadalia in parliament today.

Energy abundance. Energy security. Energy independence.

Ramaco Resources, Inc. has released a press release on the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Brook Mine.

An industry trade association is calling on President Donald Trump to enact tariffs on imported anthracite coal, a spokesperson announced Wednesday.

The Brook Mine Carbon Ore Rare Earth project will also be Wyoming's first new coal mine in over 50 years.

Turkey-based Eren Energi Elektrik Uretim, a power producer, is seeking 375,000 mt of high-calorific thermal coal for August-December 2025 loading in five shipments, according to the tender document seen by Platts on June 27.

The 2025 TRAM Conference is just around the corner, happening November 4-6 at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beaver, WV.

A new underground coal mine in Henderson County, Kentucky, opened June 17, marking a significant economic development for the region.

The US Senate passed its version of a massive $3.3 trillion tax cut bill on July 1 that expands domestic mining activities, provides production credits for metallurgical coal producers and resumes coal leases on federal lands.

A dramatic marathon weekend session in the U.S. Senate elevated coal as a high priority among lawmakers who hammered out amendments to President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

West Virginia, the largest producer of metallurgical coal in the nation, is set to benefit from a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that expands a tax credit to include “met” coal production and usage as a “critical mineral” used in advanced man

Ramaco Resources, Inc. and Ramaco Rare Earth, LLC will host a landmark ribbon cutting and groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, July 11, to commemorate the opening of the Brook Mine Carbon Ore Rare Earth project.

Months after the federal government pushed to shutter dozens of mine safety centers across the country, the Mount Pleasant office will close in August after years of carrying out death and injury investigations of coal workers.

U.S. coal production during the first quarter of 2025 totaled 132.3 million short tons (MMst), which was 3.4% higher than the previous quarter and 1.9% higher than the first quarter of 2024.

NMA has issued a statement from its president and CEO Rich Nolan applauding the Senate's passage of its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" and urging House action to send the bill to President Trump's desk.

West Virginia, the largest producer of metallurgical coal in the nation, is set to benefit from a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that expands a tax credit to include “met” coal production and usage as a “critical mineral” used in advanced man

Welcome to the July 2025 edition of CORESafety TV, brought to you by the National Mining Association (NMA).

This issue features James Criss' presentation from CoalProTec 2024 entitled. "Selecting the Proper Chemical Reagents for Coal Flotation".

Crews tearing apart a 1.5-acre pile of coal mine refuse that has been smoldering for two decades recently uncovered a section which measured 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

Coal used to make steel got a break in the latest version of President Donald Trump's tax bill, a subsidy that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars over 10 years for a fuel that is mostly exported to countries including China.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright is advancing President Donald J. Trump’s commitment to reinvigorating America’s coal industry by renewing the charter for the National Coal Council.

Core Natural Resources, Inc. provided an update on its ongoing efforts to resume longwall operations at its Leer South mine following a combustion-related event at the mine in mid-January.

Russian Deputy Energy Minister Dmitry Islamov added that coal is one of the main sources of energy in Russia, accounting for 15% of electricity generation, and 22% of heat generation.

The Senate is making a final push to advance President Trump's signature legislation with a flurry of last-minute changes that stunned Elon Musk and the already besieged clean energy industry while offering new support for fossil fuels.

The Trump administration says that it plans to delay and potentially loosen water pollution rules for coal-fired power plants.