
As Met Markets Tumble, Where’s the Bottom?
Overnight in Asia, coking coal prices continue to sell off, with PLV down another $1 from Friday to $270/mt.

Overnight in Asia, coking coal prices continue to sell off, with PLV down another $1 from Friday to $270/mt.

Ramaco Resources is a pure play metallurgical coal producer in Central Appalachia (CAPP) and primarily operates the following mining…

On February 24, I published the following technical analysis on CONSOL, you can see it here:

Premium low vol hard coking coal prices have pulled back toward $300/mt, but they’re holding up fairly well compared to iron ore and HRC

Alpha is the largest met producer in the US, and the dominant player in Central Appalachia.

Warrior has the arguably the best met assets in the USA. They have the lowest cost per ton and the most favorable (cheapest) transportation

Arch is the leading producer of High-Vol A metallurgical coal globally. They operate four met mines, two large scale longwall operations.

This cycle has been different for investors due to the extraordinary profit margins that existed for over a year.

Peabody Energy is one of the more difficult coal names to wrap your arms around in terms of their segments and coal assets around the world

Since sending out the alert yesterday, I’ve gone through the earnings call transcript and tinkered with the numbers a bit more.

As the earnings call is just getting started, I just wanted to share I high conviction thought with you:

Earnings is tough to trade. It’s like betting against the spread in NFL or NCAA Football games, and Vegas is very smart and typically spot on.