Coal

...Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., as history's longest-serving member of Congress, and another defending the state's coal industry. The coal measure reflects anxiety over increased federal scrutiny of mining practices, and the Capitol Hill...

In this article: West Virginia, Joe Manchin, Tax, Revenue, Recession, Climate change, Medicaid, and Anxiety

...built wind turbines, solar panels and nuclear reactors at full tilt, it would take decades to replace coal in the energy mix. Want to get rid of coal sooner? Then get ready for blackouts. "Energy consumption will grow in the future," says...

In this article: Warren Buffett, Massey Energy, Arch Coal, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Carbon, Carbon dioxide, Department of the Interior, and Peabody Energy

...Alpha Natural Resources Inc <ANR.N> his top pick in the sector, citing its spare capacity of met coal, including high-quality hard coking coal, and strong thermal coal contracts for 2010. "We have greater conviction that, if Asia becomes...

In this article: Asia, Goldman Sachs, U.S., Peabody Energy Corp, New York Stock Exchange, and Pacific

...gas is now the source of most of the capacity being added to the network. Wind and coal-seam methane supply most of the rest, with just one coal power station under construction, at Collie in Western Australia. Nationally, some...

In this article: Australia, Methane, Origin Energy, Ballarat, Western Australia, and Portland

Texas environmental regulators on Wednesday approved a draft permit to allow NRG Energy Inc <NRG.N> to build a $1.2 billion pulverized coal unit at its Limestone station. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved a draft...

In this article: Texas, Natural gas, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, NRG Energy Inc, and United States

...would support higher prices. Research by Mr Heap said the contract price of thermal coal in 2010 would rise to $US80 a tonne and coking coal prices could surge to $US200 a tonne, from about $US70 a tonne and $US125 a tonne,...

In this article: Queensland, Bernard Madoff, Citigroup, South America, Canada, and Australia

...tend to boost power consumption for air-conditioning or heating, but this year's drawdown was weak, leaving coal stockpiles bulging. Coal mines have responded by cutting production and deliveries to try to get supply and demand back in...

In this article: U.S.

General Electric on Tuesday said that it has reached an agreement to deploy its coal gasification technology in China, a move it says will advance underground storage of carbon dioxide gas. The energy giant announced a set of agreements...

In this article: General Electric, China, Carbon, CNET, Carbon dioxide, Shenhua Group, and Microsoft

...positive about the IPO saying that Cloud Peak has a strong position in the rich Wyoming and Montana coal mining area. "The very thick coal beds are close to the surface and that makes it the cheapest coal to extract," said Morningstar...

In this article: Cloud Peak, Renaissance Capital, Alcan, and U.S.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Arch Coal Inc. has signed a lease agreement to mine the vast Otter Creek coal field in southeastern Montana - ramping up pressure on Gov. Brian Schweitzer and other state officials to lease adjacent coal tracts...

In this article: Montana, Brian Schweitzer, Otter Creek, Arch Coal Inc., Wyoming, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.