Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:12Last summer, we abandoned UK Coal, reasoning that the company was not in a position to capitalise on the upward trend in coal prices. However, yesterday trading update was positive. Net debt, excluding restricted cash, stood at £207million at the end ...

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:50On the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was six points higher at 4447 with 28928 contracts traded. A benign but sentiment-driven market continued to drive light trading volumes as Australian investors remain fixed on European ...

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:28Since this year's peak share price in April, Mechel (steel and coal) has lost almost $2.5 billion in market value; so the division and subtraction of assets has already exceeded what Zyuzin thinks is a fair count of the Mechel Mining value being taken ...

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:15The share price of French reactor vendor Areva dropped by 25% in response to the German nuclear exit. It had already fallen 14% following the Japanese crisis. Then came the news of a new French government review of the future energy mix, ...

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:15BMO upgraded its stock-investment rating on Patriot Coal Corp. (PCX, $23.48, +$1.64, +7.51%) to market perform from underperform, forecasting a rise in metallurgical coal prices due to strong demand led by China, supply disruptions and cost-push ...