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Monday, 25 August 14
COAL CEOS: DEMISE OF COAL 'EXAGGERATED' - MARK WILCOX
 By Mark Wilcox
Heads of some of the largest coal companies in Wyoming are saying the demise of coal has been exaggerated, though the industry definitely has some hills to climb.
At the Rocky Mountain Energy and Infrastructure Summit yesterday in Jackson, Gov. Matt Mead sat on a panel with bigwigs from some of the largest coal companies in the nation: Arch Coal, Cloud Peak Energy, Peabody Energy and Alpha Coal West to talk about the fate of the oft-controversial fossil fuel. In the next three years, about 60 gigawatts of coal-fired power plants are shutting down in the U.S., or about 20 percent of domestic capacity, according to John Eaves, CEO of Arch Coal.
“We do have some headwinds,” Eaves said. One of those headwinds is cheap and abundant natural gas, which also releases 50 percent less greenhouse gas emissions than coal according to American Gas Association Chairman Gregg Kantor. Eaves said coal has lost a lot of market share to natural gas as utilities switch to the abundant, cleaner fuel, but that hasn’t created hard feelings.
“We’re not against gas,” Eaves said. “We’re for all fuels, but we need a balanced portfolio.”
Still, Powder River Basin coal is more insular, and Eaves said natural gas prices would have to drop below $3 per mmbtu to really impact the PRB coal market. And that’s something he said he doesn’t foresee happening for a sustained period despite dramatic price drops below $2 in 2012 that forced budget cuts in state government.
Many lawmakers in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are proposing rules that continue to target coal, leading many to say the current administration is fighting a “war on coal.” Eaves said about 20 states, including Wyoming, are pushing back against the proposed rules.
“There is going to be a lot of litigation with these proposed rules,” Eaves said.
Gov. Matt Mead said that from a policy position, the rules are a horrible way to tackle the problem that ignores technological strides forward coal has made in terms of emissions and tries to artificially cull coal from the market.
“We didn’t change from the candle to the light bulb because someone said we're going to put a lot of regulations on candles,” Mead said.
He said government, instead of regulating coal out of the markets, should look to improve its use with innovations that turn the slipstream of coal from a liability to an asset. In the end, Mead said he thinks “good sense will prevail” when it comes to coal, and that the resource isn’t dead as many have proclaimed it.
Mead said in a brief interview that he had met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz early Thursday morning to encourage more participation in coal solutions that don’t require regulating coal with strangleholds. According to Mead, the meeting went well.
This article was originally published in Wyoming Business Report
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Sunday, 07 September 14
FREIGHT MARKET CONTINUED TO BE FIRM IN SPITE OF CAPE'S THIS WEEK'S WEAK PERFORMANCE
COALspot.com: BDI up by 0.7 pct week on week and closed at 1155 points this week. The Baltic Dry Index is a composite of three sub-indexes that mea ...
Sunday, 07 September 14
SHIPMANAGERS SUPERVISION CONTRACT FOR NEWBUILDS - BIMCO
Shipmanagers are frequently called upon by their owner clients to supervise newbuilding projects on their behalf. The scope of the manager’s ...
Saturday, 06 September 14
SLOW COAL EXPORT REGISTRATION RAISES CONCERNS - THE JAKARTA POST
Several coal mining companies have yet to receive the go-ahead from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry to obtain exporting licenses, leading ...
Saturday, 06 September 14
DRY BULK MARKET'S PROSPECTS ARE IMPROVING, DESPITE WEAK SECOND QUARTER - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING NEWS
The dry bulk market has been rebounding during the past month, with the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) ended the week on a high note, reaching 1,155 points ...
Saturday, 06 September 14
INDONESIA WANTS TO REGULATE COAL DEALS - THE TELEGRAPH INDIA
Indonesia has raised concerns about suspected coal deals struck between overseas buyers and its unregistered domestic miners, the telegraph India r ...
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- Deloitte Consulting - India
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- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
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- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
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- White Energy Company Limited
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- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
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- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
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- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
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- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
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- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
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- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Planning Commission, India
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- The University of Queensland
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Australian Coal Association
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
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- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
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- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
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- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
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- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
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- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
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- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
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- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
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- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- PTC India Limited - India
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
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- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
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- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
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