Sentences with phrase «as coal mining companies»

Most recently, a report from The Carbon Tracker with a forward by Lord Stern of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change (London School of Economics), argued that serious risks are accumulating for investors in high carbon assets, such as coal mining companies and the oil and gas industry.

As coal mining companies rush to extract this coal to meet India's huge energy demands, conflicts between local villagers and the coal companies have become more common, especially since traditional agricultural communities are rarely given a say in whether and where mining projects will occur.

Not exact matches

U.S. coal exports to Asia have also risen in recent months as ailing U.S. mining companies search for alternatives to the weak domestic market.

In northeastern England, a battle is raging between grass roots campaigners and a company intent on digging a new open cast mine as world coal prices soar.

What these dry government numbers leave out is the effect on coal workers and their families as coal mines close and one major coal company after another files for bankruptcy.

BHP Billiton said on Thursday jobs could go at its Australian coal mines as the company faces a deteriorating market, the latest sign of global miners scaling back operations due to slowing industrial activity in China.

In addition to the Company's mining operations, the Company markets and broker coals from its operations and other coal producers, both as principal and agent, and trade coal and freight - related contracts through trading and business offices.

«Coal is good for air quality» as an advert, carries a lot more weight if it is endorsed by the World Health Organisation than if it's endorsed by a mining company.

Banks suggests that reconciling those rights agreements could lead to a shift in the way coal mining companies view methane gas, treating it as a potential source of revenue rather than a fugitive gas to be dealt with as a safety or environmental concern.

Instead, the company will use high - sulfur coal — mined mostly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia — and will then pull the sulfur out as part of the CCS process.

Oddly, as I pointed out earlier, the Friends of Coal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utilitiCoal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utiliticoal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utiliticoal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utiliticoal companies and coal - fired utiliticoal - fired utilities).

Mining stocks are investments in companies that produce or explore for minerals such as uranium, coal, molybdenum (which is used in steelmaking), copper, silver and gold.

These transactions were carried out as share swaps whereby SZÉSZEK, the Hungarian Coal Mining Restructuring Centre, received shares in the integrated companies in exchange for the transferred assets.

Arch Coal also owns the Otter Creek coal mine in Montana, which the company hopes to use as a source of coal to be exporCoal also owns the Otter Creek coal mine in Montana, which the company hopes to use as a source of coal to be exporcoal mine in Montana, which the company hopes to use as a source of coal to be exporcoal to be exported.

The Coalfields Expressway project, which I described as a «mountaintop removal coal mine in disguise» in a prior post, is a public - private partnership between the Commonwealth of Virginia and coal mining companies, including Alpha Natural Resources.

Coal mining companies such as Peabody Energy are trying to boost exports of publicly owned coal to Coal mining companies such as Peabody Energy are trying to boost exports of publicly owned coal to coal to Asia

Headquartered in St. Clairsville, Ohio, Murray Energy's website describes itself as the country's largest underground coal mining company.

The group is made of up 22 members including coal terminal developers, railroads, business and union groups as well as the three largest mining companies in the Powder River Basin: Peabody Energy, Arch Coal and Cloud Peak Enecoal terminal developers, railroads, business and union groups as well as the three largest mining companies in the Powder River Basin: Peabody Energy, Arch Coal and Cloud Peak EneCoal and Cloud Peak Energy.

Industry officials insist that safety will improve as large Chinese coal companies like the Shenhua Group buy out smaller mines, and new technologies develop that can detect dangerous methane gas and automatically shut down mines.

That's because U.S. coal companies including Peabody Energy Corp. won't be looking to secure new reserves of the fossil fuel on federal land for years, especially as mining slows amid the sector's worst downturn in generations.

Notably, Stanford University earlier this year announced it will divest publicly listed coal mining companies from its $ 19bn endowment, citing, like other fiduciaries as of late, the substantial environmental and social injury caused by coal as the justification for its decision.

In many parts of Montana and Wyoming, coal is as plentiful as dirt and it's cheap and profitable for the mining companies.

Our view is that capital markets are failing to align the capital allocation process, exposing the owners of fossil fuel companies — their shareholders — to potential lost value, as has already been witnessed in the EU utilities and US coal mining sectors.

Dozens of U.S. mining companies, including giants like Peabody Energy Corp. and Arch Coal Inc., have filed for bankruptcy in recent months as their earnings declined and debt loads soared.

The report estimated that between 2013 and 2015, banks put up $ 42 billion for companies active in coal mining, $ 154 billion for the 20 largest coal - fired power producers and $ 306 billion for companies that drill «extreme oil» (such as resources that lie deep under water).

The Kentucky solar project, for instance, began in early 2016 when Ryan Johns, project development executive of Berkeley Energy, decided he wanted to help diversify the company's portfolio as the coal mining industry declines.

While it's impossible to know precisely, since coal mining companies can adjust the amount of coal they extract as market conditions change, we will base our calculations on an assumption that this coal will be mined and burned during a period beginning in 2015 and ending in 2030.

[5] Judge Sippel's motion to dismiss cited Holmstead's «multiple conflicts of interest» in reference to his career between EPA and as a representative for coal mining and utility company clients.

Hamilton in particular referred to the permit process associated with Arch Coal Company's Spruce Mine, which he called «the most egregious example» of the «permitorium,» as the approval process had taken more than six years.

Another is the huge losses in value for coal companies and the cancellation of a large number of new coal mining projects around the world as the forecast growth in China and India evaporates.

Coal companies are targeting Northwest ports as the gateway for coal terminals that would ship up to 100 million metric tons of strip - mined coal abrCoal companies are targeting Northwest ports as the gateway for coal terminals that would ship up to 100 million metric tons of strip - mined coal abrcoal terminals that would ship up to 100 million metric tons of strip - mined coal abrcoal abroad.

CDP recently ranked 11 big mining companies on climate - related factors, such as energy and water resilience and exposure to coal and carbon costs.

As a result of the recent full or partial exits by a number of major mining companies from the Australian coal industry, a number of minority participants have also considered how the sell part or all of their interest.

As a result, Kentucky's leading employers include food processing firms, many coal mining companies and several local firms which cater to the horse racing industry.

In May 2016, as part of a worldwide outcry against fossil fuel expansion, citizens from across Europe gathered in the Welsh countryside and closed down the coal company's existing coal mine for 24 hours.