
Q1 2023 Earnings Review
Quarterly highlights along with thoughts on each company


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

The shoulder season dip and high coal and gas inventories continue to weigh on spot seaborne thermal coal pricing.

Thungela Resources Acquires Ensham Coal Mine in Australia for $240 Million – Diversifying from South African Market Amid Power Cuts and Falling Exports

Australian Exports Fall Year Over Year. Shipments of coal from Gladstone in Australia’s Queensland state fell in November and in 2022.

The days of sub $150/mt for coking coal are in the rear-view mirror. Ernie Thrasher (of Xcoal) and Neil Bristow (ex-BHP analyst).

China has been growing it’s coal fired power fleet, and now India has announced plans to boost capacity by 56 gigawatts (GW) by 2030.

Germany’s Steag to bring back 2.3 GW of coal capacity. They’re demanding permissions be prolonged to 2024, and not tied to gas scarcity.

Whitehaven Coal Full Year 2022 Earnings. The darling of the coal industry this past quarter has been Australia’s Whitehaven Coal (WHC.AX).

Met Coal to Thermal Switching in Australia. More evidence of lower quality metallurgical coal being sold into the thermal market in Australia

The Russian coal ban mainly impacts API2 thermal futures at the delivery point of Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam (ARA).
