US coal producer Peabody Energy has agreed to purchase steel-making coal assets being divested by UK-South African mining company Anglo American as it exits the coal industry. The $2.32bn ...
America’s coal policy has been an abysmal failure. Government policy has made it increasingly difficult and costly to produce and use coal for nearly two decades. The administration of President ...
Despite efforts to kill American coal, surging electricity demand — fueled by the reshoring of industry, electric vehicles and, notably, the rapid deployment of massive data centers — is ...
The United States has burned coal for over 100 years. Most of it is mined either deep underground, from the tops of mountains, or in expansive open-surface mines in the American West. It’s then hauled ...
Coal mining is dark, dirty, and dangerous work. It's not for everyone - it's for the few who love to descend into the bowels of the Earth to extract "black gold." Even as they face the risk of ...