The Coal Trader

Category: Updates

Coal News Coal Markets

Annual Met Contract Pricing Discussion

I had lunch with a met producer sales guy yesterday and while discussing the upcoming domestic sales negotiating season, he mentioned that met buyers (North American end-users) seemingly “have all the power.”

Q2 2023 MSHA Update

With most of the Q2 2023 MSHA coal production numbers in, I think its time to look under the hood and see what’s going on.

Note on Thermal Coal Markets

Thermal coal markets have high inventories and are experiencing increased demand during the summer cooling season in the northern hemisphere.