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Alliance Issues WARN Notice at Excel Mining

Alliance Issues WARN Notice at Excel Mining

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (ARLP) announced that its subsidiary, Excel Mining, LLC, issued Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notices to all of its approximately 280 employees of the MC Mining Complex in Pike County, Kentucky. "The decision...

CONSOL Energy’s PAMC Has a Record Quarter

CONSOL Energy’s PAMC Has a Record Quarter

CONSOL Energy’s Pennsylvania Mining Complex (PAMC) produced 7.2 million tons during Q3 2024, and the CONSOL Marine Terminal (CMT) shipped 4.7 million tons. The company said the merger with Arch Resources continues to progress as expected with closing anticipated by...

Adaro to Spin Off AAI

Adaro to Spin Off AAI

Indonesia's Adaro Energy, the world's sixth-largest coal operator, will spin off PT Adaro Andalan (AAI) in an initial public offer that could be worth more than $290 million, according to Reuters. AAI has seven thermal coal assets in Sumatra and Borneo islands and...

H-E Buys Brake Supply

H-E Buys Brake Supply

H-E Parts International (HEPI), a provider of aftermarket solutions for the mining and heavy equipment industries, has agreed to acquire substantially all the assets of Brake Supply Inc., a North American leader in aftermarket components for heavy equipment. The...

Features

Dragline Parts Boost Productivity

Dragline Parts Boost Productivity

Existing machines can be upgraded for improved performance and longevity By Jesse Morton, Technical Writer At MINExpo and elsewhere, equipment OEMs half-admitted they may not sell another dragline. The bottom line is the population in existence is sufficient for the...

U.S. Prep Plant Census

U.S. Prep Plant Census

Two new names were added to this year’s report on coal processing plants By Steve Fiscor, Editor-in-Chief Year-to-date U.S. coal...

Top 10 Coal Producing States & Regions

Week Ending (9/28/24)
(in Thousand Short Tons)
 YTD '24YTD '23% Change
Wyoming139,952176,952-20.9
West Virginia59,33564,644-8.2
Pennsylvania27,27929,276-6.8
Illinois26,46027,927-5.3
Montana19,31421,506-10.2
Kentucky18,89021,637-12.7
North Dakota18,06018,180-0.7
 
Indiana15,33518,302-16.2
Alabama10,8328,82122.8
Colorado9,7548,67412.5
Appalachian Total116,967125,045-6.5
Interior Total62,48970,923-11.9
Western Total197,234237,970-17.1
U.S. Total376,690433,938-13.2

Leading Developments

Dartbrook Secures Path to Full Production

Dartbrook Secures Path to Full Production

Australian Pacific Coal Ltd (AQC) received an enhanced funding package for the Dartbrook JV and launched a A$20 million ($13.7 million) equity raise. AQC and its JV partner Tetra Dartbrook Pty Ltd have agreed with Vitol Asia Pte Ltd to upsize the existing senior debt...

Bowen Reports Record Tonnage

In its Q2 2024 earnings report, Bowen Coking Coal said it produced 820,000 metric tons (mt) of raw coal at the Burton complex, up...

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