(Associated Press, November 15) – Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead said Monday he’s hopeful Donald Trump’s election as president will help reverse the state’s decline in energy production and revenues. Mead, a Republican now mid-way through his second term, told The Associated Press he voted for Trump and expects to communicate soon with the president-elect’s team […]

(National Mining Association, November 7) – In a recent Facebook interview, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy acknowledged the obvious—that she supports the Environmental Left’s “Keep it in the Ground” policy. In an online “Mashable” discussion with science editor Andrew Freedman, McCarthy said of anti-coal activists, “I think we share the same goal.” She also admitted that […]

(Casper Star Tribune, November 1) – Miners dug almost twice the amount of coal from Wyoming soil between July and September as they had during the preceding three months, but companies will need to further increase the pace of production by year’s end to meet state revenue projections. Wyoming coal production soared 42 percent in […]

(SNL, October 31) – Powder River Basin coal production surged 47.1% in the third quarter from the prior period, though production remains below the year-ago quarter. According to an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis of U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration data, PRB producers mined 91.7 million tons of coal in the third quarter, up […]

(SNL, October 28) – Cloud Peak Energy Inc. President and CEO Colin Marshall said coal prices are moving fast and the pure-play Powder River Basin is eyeing global markets carefully to take advantage. The company announced in its earnings release Oct. 27 that it had contracted about 1 million tons of coal to export from […]

(Casper Star Tribune, October 28) – In a sign of improving coal conditions, Gillette-based coal company Cloud Peak Energy will soon resume exports to Asia despite suffering losses in the third quarter. In a sign of improving coal conditions, Gillette-based coal company Cloud Peak Energy will soon resume exports to Asia despite suffering losses in […]

(SNL, October 27) – Coal mining advocates have spoken up in support of a proposed U.S. Surface Transportation Board rule change that they say would bring more competitive rail shipping rates. “The proposed rule has the potential to introduce much needed competition in the shipment of mine products if properly implemented,” said Adam Eckman, associate […]

(SNL, October 24) – As Peabody Energy Corp. continues to work its way through a bankruptcy reorganization, the company appears to be ramping up production. An S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis of U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration data showed Peabody’s U.S. coal mines that have reported third-quarter production have ramped up volumes by more […]

(Casper Star Tribune, September 19) – After falling into bankruptcy, three of the largest coal companies operating in Wyoming are coming back one by one, a hopeful note in the troubled history of coal over the last few years. The bankruptcies were signs of how far the market had fallen, but they were also the […]

(Wyoming Business Report, September 13) – Wyoming’s congressional delegation joined together last week in calling on the Obama Administration to use upcoming trade talks with China to address the soda ash “overcapacity issue,” which the lawmakers say has hurt the state’s ability to export its own soda ash production. Wyoming is by far the top source […]