The Coal Trader

Category: Updates

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Thoughts on China

Thoughts on China: China is on a trajectory similar to Japan’s economic situation in the early 1990’s.

Corsa Coal’s Earnings Update

Corsa Coal (CSO.V) appears to have made significant progress as production levels have risen across all three of its deep mines.

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Alpha’s Earnings Update

Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) achieved its best output in over 5 years in Q1, producing 4.4 million tons.

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Thermal Coal Note

Global thermal coal markets saw another decline in forward prices last week, despite stable natural gas prices.

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Glencore & Teck Merger

Teck Resources rejected an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Swiss commodity trader and mining company Glencore.

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Metallurgical Coal Market

Metallurgical coal prices have been flying again, touching $390/mt (according to Platts, PLV Low Vol FOB Australia) overnight.