The Coal Trader

Category: Updates

Coal News for Mining & Investing Professionals

Developing Thesis for 2024

I’m developing a new macro perspective on the global economy that deglobalization is wrong or basically irrelevant

Mt Pleasant

Downgrading Thermal

I’m going to kick this off by reiterating my avoidance call on all thermal coal, that is US domestic and seaborne thermal.

Quick Market Thoughts

Cold weather finally hit Europe over the last couple of weeks. This is a decent start to winter, but thermal markets have a lot of work to do.

Coal Mining Chinese mine accidents

Shanxi Safety Overhaul

I’ve been trying to figure out how serious this Shanxi “safety overhaul” is in China over the past couple of days

Coal News Coal Markets Pig Iron

Metallurgical Comps

I spent some time updating metallurgical producer financial models today, so this will be a chart heavy post.

Alpha & Warrior Q3 Results

Alpha reported net income of $6.65 per share, surpassing analysts’ estimates but that’s mainly due to the buybacks making less shares.

Coal Markets Coal News

Alpha & Warrior Pre-Earnings Setup

Earnings schedule: Warrior earnings later today following the market close at 4:30 pm ET. Alpha earnings tomorrow morning, before the bell.