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IPS to Acquire Assets of ABB Industrial Services Business

IPS to Acquire Assets of ABB Industrial Services Business

Integrated Power Services (IPS), a North American leader in the servicing, engineering, and remanufacturing of electrical, mechanical, and power management assets, has agreed to acquire assets of ABB’s Industrial Services business. The business includes a U.S. and...

EPA Imposes Suite of Rules Targeting Coal

EPA Imposes Suite of Rules Targeting Coal

Today, April 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a suite of final rules to reduce pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. “Today, EPA is proud to make good on the Biden-Harris Administration’s vision to tackle climate change and to...

Matrix Breaks Ground for New Headquarters

Matrix Breaks Ground for New Headquarters

Matrix Design Group, a leader in safety and productivity technologies for the mining business, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new headquarters in Newburgh, Indiana on April 18. It was attended by local community leaders and key stakeholders from Matrix...

Peabody Encounters Production Challenges

Peabody Encounters Production Challenges

Peabody reported preliminary unaudited financial results for Q1 2024. The company expects to report Q1 2024 revenue of $980 million. The company said it will release actual Q1 2024 financial results on May 2, 2024. The company said sales volumes for Q1 2024 were...

Features

Plant Managers Gather to Discuss Optimization Strategies and More

Plant Managers Gather to Discuss Optimization Strategies and More

CPSA to hosts its bi-annual meeting in conjunction with the SME/CAS By Steve Fiscor, Editor-in-Chief The Coal Prep Society of America (CPSA) will hold its bi-annual Coal Processing and Technology Conference & Exhibition (CoalProTec) at the Central Bank Center in...

Bailey Miners Set New Record

Bailey Miners Set New Record

Longwall panel development crew drives 401 ft in an 8-hour shift By Steve Fiscor, Editor-in-Chief CONSOL Energy owns and operates...

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CoalProTec returns to Lexington April 29- May 1, 2024
Haulage & Loading Returns
April 6-9, 2025
Call for Presentations
Show returns June 3-5, 2025

Top 10 Coal Producing States & Regions

Week Ending (3/2/24)
(in Thousand Short Tons)
 YTD '24YTD '23% Change
Wyoming35,29240,258-12.3
West Virginia13,75315,086-8.8
Pennsylvania6,3296,779-6.6
Illinois5,8836,656-11.6
Kentucky4,5665,149-11.3
Montana4,3404,675-7.2
Indiana4,0274,535-11.2
North Dakota3,5314,547-22.3
Texas1,9712,518-21.7
Alabama1,8491,871-1.2
Appalachian Total26,62928,964-8.1
Interior Total14,82217,178-13.7
Western Total47,09254,364-13.4
U.S. Total88,543100,506-11.9

Leading Developments

Forrest Calls for a Carbon Levy on Australian Fossil Fuels

Australia should impose a proposed carbon levy on fossil fuel producers to accelerate efforts to meet climate targets, according to billionaire mining-to-clean energy tycoon Andrew Forrest. “It’s high time that industry that causes global warming contributes to...

Calendar
CoalProTec 2024
04/29/2024 - 05/01/2024
Lexington, KY
Metallurgical Coal Producers Association
05/18/2024 - 05/21/2024
Roanoke, W.Va
MINExpo International
09/24/2024 - 09/26/2024
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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