A coal comeback may be taking place in the US
Published by Will Owen,
Editor
World Coal,
Matt Mackowiak, Director of Government Affairs at Core Natural Resources, comments on the recent signing of four executive orders by US President Donald Trump that will help propel the use of coal.
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump signed executive orders to support and boost the US coal industry to provide for the growing demand for AI data centres. I was in the room when the orders were signed in the White House, accompanying others from Core Natural Resources including management and several coal miners.
By signing this order, the President clearly demonstrated his understanding for the electricity crisis that currently faces our nation.
These executive orders also reinforce the need to preserve our nation’s coal fleet, as coal remains a vital resource for the future. Core Natural Resources executives and miners were proud to stand with the President on this important day. Clearly, the Administration understands the perils of moving too quickly toward an energy transition that will have many unintended consequences.
After years of rushing into policies that place our energy reliability at risk by trying to keep coal in the ground, we are glad the President has chosen to say “not so fast”.
As far as what the future holds, we will monitor future actions resulting from the executive order to be able to determine what the impact will be on Core Natural Resources and the US coal industry. However, we are ready and able to help to continue meeting the energy needs of Americans and the AI industry in particular.
In addition to the possibility of more coal being used in the US for power generation, the majority of the coal we mine is used for other applications both in the US and globally, including the production of steel and concrete, and coal is used in water filtration, fertilizer and many more products that touch everyone’s lives each and every day. That’s why at Core Natural Resources, we like to say Not So FastTM and we have a public education campaign with that name to let everyone know that coal is not going anywhere and will continue to be a needed resource.
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