Coal

Miners at the UK’s last deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery, will end their final shift on Friday 18 December, leaving behind an estimated 30 million t of recoverable coal.

Bowie Resource Partners is going to refinance existing indebtedness as part of financing for Peabody transaction.

The US EPA has made an agreement with SIGECO to reduce air pollution from the company’s Southern Indiana coal-fired power plants in the US.

Glencore has announced that its proposed Blakefield North underground coal project has been placed on hold.

The Land Court of Queensland has rejected Coast and Country’s bid to stop the Carmichael mine, taking Adani nearer to final approval for the project.

Duke Energy has now begun the permitting process to safely manage coal ash at the W.S. Lee plant in Belton, S.C. through the construction of a fully lined onsite landfill at the plant.

Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced it has officially opened the new third berth at BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance’s (BMA) Hay Point Coal Terminal, which increases the export capacity from 44 million tpy to 55 million tpy.

Arch Coal will defer US$90 million of interest payments under a 30-day grace period clause in its indenture agreements.

Bank of American Merrill Lynch expect coal prices to continue to fall in 2016 as supply and demand trends keep the market in surplus.

The American Coal Council has released a statement on COP21.

US coal production will fall by a further 3% in 2016 after a drop of almost 100 million t in 2015, according to the EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook.

Growth in the number of high-efficiency low-emission coal-fired power plants could boost demand for Australia’s high-quality thermal coal.

The UN climate change conference (COP21) ended a day late with the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Here’s what it means for coal.

Rhino Resource Partners is to delist from the New York Stock Exchange after its share price and market capitalisation fell below NYSE standards.

A round up of the week’s coal news from huge job cuts at Anglo American to the honouring of the world’s cleanest coal-fired power plants at this year’s Advanced Energy for Life Awards.