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Look Again, It's Coal Outside Contributor
Lumps of coal are typically reserved for the Christmas stocking of the worst-behaved children. Mining is essential to the modern economy, but its impacts warrant careful consideration. The S&P Global Mining Reduced Coal Index has a little more…
Low Rhine Curbs Coal Supplies at Steag German Power Plant
Power generator Steag GmbH warned of reduced availability at one of its coal plants as record-low water levels on the Rhine restrict fuel deliveries, the latest sign that months of disruption on the river are starting to hit electricity generation.
Coal stock depletion slows, but rebuilding yet to commence: Coal Ministry
The Coal Ministry said on Friday that dispatch to thermal power plants (TPPs) has increased with supply in October averaging about 9 per cent higher than last month helping to bring down the depletion in reserves at plant end. However, rebuilding…
Council unveils solar farm masterplan at former coal-tipping site in Prestwick
South Ayrshire Council has lodged plans to build a solar farm on a patch of land at Glenburn Bing, in Prestwick. Ayrshire Live previously told in February how concerns were raised over the felling of trees and the possible destruction of habitat at…
The fuel that built the nation: What it costs you each month for having coal power closed down * WorldNetDaily * by By Frank Clemente, Fred Palmer, Real Clear Wire
The American people are paying a huge price for politically driven decisions to abandon the fuel that built the nation. The data are clear, coal keeps electricity prices at a reasonable level, enhances reliability, supports national security and…
Coal supplies to power plants rise 36% from September lows; rail loading hits 465 rakes a day
Daily coal supplies to the power sector have risen 36% from their post-monsoon lows in September and are averaging about 9% higher in October than in the preceding month, the government said on Friday, signalling an improvement in fuel availability…
Wall Street Zen Upgrades Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) to 'Strong-Buy'
Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC - Get Free Report) was upgraded by research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a 'buy' rating to a 'strong-buy' rating in a note issued to investors on Saturday, Wall Street Zen reports. Other research analysts have also…
Systrade AG Makes New $1.75 Million Investment in Warrior Met Coal $HCC
Systrade AG bought a new stake in Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC - Free Report) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 19,839…
How the 2026 midterms could affect stocks-and what investors should do
Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images As of Oct. 9, some polls and prediction markets are pointing toward a 'blue wave' in November's midterm elections, one that could see the Democrats take a majority in the House and create a tie or take…
Will AI Devalue The Real World?
Economic reality embeds many paradoxes, unexpected outcomes that go the opposite direction of what you might intuitively predict. The best example concerns a new innovation that seems to make more efficient use of existing resources. Intuition…
El Niño's storm-killer winds and climate's warming waters in fight over future of Hurricane Isaias
A supersized El Niño's decapitating winds and the Gulf of Mexico's toasty, storm-fueling waters are battling over the future strength of Hurricane Isaias. And the storm's tilt and eye show who's winning. For now, it's the waters charged by…
OUT ON A LIMB: When names confuse you, just keep digging
Breathes there a genealogist who has not agonized over problems like whether someone in an ancestral family is an offspring, a sibling or a cousin because they all have the same given name? With our season of family-oriented holidays just ahead…
Supply Chains Were Always Probabilistic-AI Is Finally Catching Up
Three trucking carrier CEOs recently told me they use about 20 percent of the telematics data their fleets produce. Twenty years of wiring trailers, trucks and warehouses, and four-fifths of what those sensors capture is collected but never used.
Steam is testament to how the North East led the way
Two metro train drivers who put in voluntary shifts shovelling coal on a steam railway have said the historic engineering is a 'testament to how our region led the way'. Michael Darling, from Monkseaton, and Rob Kitching, from Durham, who usually…
How America's Worst Industrial Disaster Was Erased From the Record
At least 764 laborers died of silicon dioxide lung damage, but that estimate is likely low, says the expert who wrote the book on the Hawk's Nest dam tragedy. Silicosis prevention was already well understood, but tunnel workers received no…
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