Platts - Coal News

Washington (Platts) -- 5Jan2009 -- The public water supply in eastern Tennessee towns near the site of the December 22 fly ash dike failure at Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston coal-fired power plant is safe to drink, according to the...

Washington (Platts) -- 2Jan2009 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology...

Washington (Platts) -- 31Dec2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology...

Knoxville, Tennessee (Platts) -- 30Dec2008 -- The over-the-counter coal market saw its first trade of the week Tuesday. That trade was a January CSX-origin 12,500-Btu/lb, -1% sulfur physical coal deal at $53/short ton. But that was the...

New Orleans (Platts) -- 30Dec2008 -- At least one lawsuit has been filed against the Tennessee Valley Authority following the December 22 spill of 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash at TVA's Kingston power plant in eastern Tennessee, and...

New York (Platts) -- 30Dec2008 -- Washington-based groups representing the coal and utility industries were still gauging the public fallout of the Kingston power plant accident one week after 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash and sludge...

Singapore (Platts) -- 29Dec2008 -- A temporary recovery in steel prices in China has apparently led many small and mid-sized steel mills in China to resume production. By 19th Dec, iron ore stockpile levels in 19 major Chinese ports had...

Washington (Platts) -- 24Dec2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology...

Washington (Platts) -- 23Dec2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology...

Washington (Platts) -- 23Dec2008 -- A federal court on Tuesday said that the controversial Clean Air Interstate Rule that created an emissions trading program for coal-fired power plants can stay in place until the US Environmental Protection...

London (Platts) -- 23Dec2008 -- A new generation of coal-fired power stations should be allowed to replace retiring coal-powered plants, the Confederation of British Industry said Monday. The CBI's position is set out in a new...

Washington (Platts) -- 22Dec2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology...

Washington (Platts) -- 22Dec2008 -- A key US senator Monday called for US Attorney General Michael Mukasey to force US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson to withdraw a policy memo issued last week indicating greenhouse...

London (Platts) -- 22Dec2008 -- French energy giant EDF has been given permission by European competition authorities to buy British Energy, subject to a series of conditions, the European Commission said Monday. EDF will have...

Washington (Platts) -- 19Dec2008 -- The outgoing head of the US Environmental Protection Agency declared Thursday that limits on carbon dioxide emissions need not be considered binding in pre-construction permits for new coal-fired power...

Knoxville, Tennessee (Platts) -- 19Dec2008 -- Over-the-counter coal prices again Thursday were filtered through crude oil's price prism, slumping southward. More specifically, NYMEX look-alike February traded at $59.50/short ton, March traded...

New York (Platts) -- 18Dec2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology...

London (Platts) -- 18Dec2008 -- German day-ahead OTC prices were bearish Thursday during an illiquid morning session ahead of the last Friday before the Christmas holiday. OTC prices for Friday delivery were last heard at Eur48.50/MWh ($70.92/MWh)...

Knoxville, Tennessee (Platts) -- 18Dec2008 -- Crude oil's dip below $40/barrel and close of $40.006/barrel Wednesday means eastern US coal prices have "a shot" at falling to $40/short ton, according to analyst Henry Lichtenstein of NewEdge Group. ...

New York (Platts) -- 17Dec2008 -- Platts weekly broker emissions indexes, along with its monthly broker emissions indexes and the daily OTC coal broker indexes are posted here so all market participants can evaluate our results. Our "Methodology...