
US thermal coal exports hit 5-year highs in 2023
United States exporters of thermal coal earned more than $5 billion in 2023 as they shipped out more than 32.5 million metric tons

United States exporters of thermal coal earned more than $5 billion in 2023 as they shipped out more than 32.5 million metric tons

Global commodities giant Glencore saw its coal production rise 3% in 2023 to 113.6 million tonnes (mt), exceeding 2022 levels

Coal production from Utah and Colorado’s Uinta Basin is shrinking fast due to a waning domestic customer base and limited exports

Turkey is poised to outpace Germany and claim the title of Europe’s largest coal-fired electricity generator in 2024.

India’s electricity supply is much more comfortable at the start of 2024 than in either 2023 or 2022 as coal production has ramped up

India’s top power producer NTPC Ltd. is boosting its coal-fired capacity even as it commits billions of dollars to green energy

Russian Ministry of Finance is considering the possibility of increasing the Mineral Extraction Tax (MET) on coal production.

As domestic consumption of US coal declines in the near term, the US EIA expects exports to account for a larger share of US coal consumption

Security incidents that disrupt trains transporting coal to South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) for export to the world…

For the whole year of 2023, Vietnam produced a total of 48.1787 million tons of coal, a decrease of 3.32% from 49.8324 million tons in 2022

Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) capped off a strong 2023 with record revenues and net income, driven by its well-contracted coal order book

Let’s start with the big overall trend, and for that we need to think in terms of thermal coal, generally when discussing US coal production.