Coal - 07 July 2016

The approval by the bankruptcy court of Alpha’s reorganisation plan and the sale of its core assets paves the way from the company leave Chapter 11.

US weekly coal production hit a 2016 high of 13.7 million short t, according to the Energy Information Administration.

UK coal production has fell by 68.7% year-on-year in 1Q16 on weakening demand and the closure of the last deep pits.

Cloud Peak Energy Inc. has announced that Ms. Jeane L. Hull has been elected to the Cloud Peak Energy Board of Directors as a new Independent Director.