Finally, coal fired power plants in Minnesota, owned by Minnesota Power (the oldest of which is from l9l7 and all of which are over 50 years old) are seeking new
coal contracts for a mine on the Northern Cheyenne reservation (Otter Creek) to be operated by Arch Coal.
In the Northwest, Puget Sound Energy has built early - exit provisions into its proposed
coal contract for the Colstrip plant in Montana, a town that is feeling the pangs of coal's decline.
Not exact matches
Osborne Park - based BGC
Contracting has won a $ 700 million
contract for work on Idemitsu Australia Resources» Boggabri
coal mine in NSW.
A Donald Trump presidency, others say, should be a windfall
for coal miners, small - cap U.S. companies (because their sales are mostly in the U.S.), and, of course, construction companies that might benefit from a massive government wall - building
contract.
While the cost of electricity from
coal and gas will go up and down given the volatility of the markets
for those fuels, we can enter into a 20 year
contract for renewable energy where we know what we'll be paying
for the electricity today and in 2033.»
Recent negotiations have secured large increases in steaming
coal contract prices
for 2004 — reportedly as high as 70 per cent in US dollar terms — which will substantially increase prices received by exporters in coming months.
The materials sector has risen by 16 per cent, boosted by continuing strength in base metals prices and expectations of substantial increases in
contract prices
for coal and iron ore.
For iron ore and
coal, substantial increases in
contract prices are set to take effect later this year, building on the already sharp increases of last year.
Rapid growth in global steel demand has also boosted
contract prices
for other bulk commodities; coking
coal contract prices increased, on average, by 25 — 35 per cent in US dollar terms in recent negotiations, while iron ore
contract prices have risen by close to 20 per cent.
Negotiations
for coal and iron ore
contract prices
for 2005/06 have commenced, and further large rises are expected following the steep increases in 2004/05.
Glencore was formed 40 years ago as a physical commodities trader (that is, the company buys and sells vessel - loads of
coal,
for example, instead of «paper trading» futures and forward
contracts).
As a result of the strong global demand
for steel, coking
coal producers negotiated an increase of around 120 per cent in
contract prices, with iron ore
contract prices generally rising by more than 70 per cent (Graph 39).
Sharply higher
contract prices
for coal and iron ore in 2005/06 took effect from the beginning of April and are expected to boost the Bank's Index of Commodity Prices by around 25 per cent, once they are fully included in published transaction prices.
Much of the recent strength has come from a steep rise estimated
for «other resource» prices, as sharply higher
contract prices
for iron ore and
coal began to take effect from 1 April, and to a lesser extent, from rising base metals prices.
The recent annual
contract negotiations between suppliers and Japanese steelmakers
for iron ore delivered price increases of nearly 20 per cent in US dollar terms, with significant increases expected in
contract negotiations
for coal over coming months.
By: Simone Liedtke 30th April 2018 State - owned power utility Eskom says it is considering a proposal by Optimum
coal mine business rescue practitioners (BRPs) to reduce the monthly
coal supply tonnage from the mine from 400 000 t to 200 000 t
for the remainder of the
contract period.
And before anyone objects that Weir is now with Crown Publishing — his proving ground was the same «corrupt» indie publishing world being raked over the
coals here, making a pretty good argument
for self publishing to * attract * a trade publishing
contract, if that's on your bucket list.
Since they were presumably going to operate as base load as opposed to peaker power, it's likely they were intending to sign long term
contracts so that their incremental addition to the demand
for coal would be absorbed not by creating an additional demand on the spot market but by identifying a fixed source with a standing order and putting a few American miners to work on a full - time basis.
However, CAPP spot prices, both
for rail and barge, are frequently referenced in
coal contracts between
coal suppliers and electric power producers.
Local activists had vigorously lobbied the government
for several years to replace the Alinta Energy
coal plant in Port Augusta with a thermal solar project, so the
contract represents a big win
for local workers.
Peabody has
contracted 90 % of its 2011 production from the Powder River Basin mines, but the company stated that it has
coal volumes available
for 2012 and 2013.
The hole left by the failure of
contracts -
for - closure should be replaced with a new policy to close
coal - fired power plants and replace them with renewable energy.
The
contracts for closure scheme failed because the
coal fired generators and the government could not agree on price — mostly because the carbon pricing package is so weak, and the compensation so great, that they stand to benefit from staying open.
The Abhijeet Group of India has a new $ 7 billion
contract for steam
coal from Kentucky and West Virginia.
Yep, China India even Vietnam (who has just signed
contracts for a large increase in
coal fired electricity), are all doing their best to help increase CO2 levels.
«Britain's biggest power station is suing the Government
for losing a lucrative
contract after a Mail on Sunday investigation revealed that it burns wood from precious US forests as a «green» alternative to
coal.
- As Brad Johnson reported today at ThinkProgress, confirmation that Heartland is working with David Wojick, a U.S. Energy Department
contract worker and
coal industry consultant, to develop a «Global Warming Curriculum
for K - 12 Schools.»
Ever since the very cold weather of the 2014 polar vortex, the utility industry has been debating how to deal with the behavior of gas - burning power plants that did not
contract for gas deliveries
for power production in the coldest weather, and the simultaneous failure of
coal plants due to weather conditions.
Two of the
coal plants that planned to close — Eggborough and one unit at Fiddlers Ferry — have secured SBR
contracts for winter 2016/17, offering stays of execution on their eventual closure.
GE, one of the long - running top beneficiaries of Ex-Im — the second largest recipient of Ex-Im financing after Boeing, is
contracted to supply the turbine generators
for the Orion - Khulna
coal plant.
Coal companies do not want to lose market share in a challenging market, so they often do not impose penalties provided
for under
contract.
# 2 Al Gore (his father too)- «W» (his father too)- Clinton (s)- Obama - Barney Frank - Most all Democrats and Republicans (et al) have voted
for Patriot Act, Big Factory Famer Subsidies, Big Oil Subdization, Big Chemical (Monsanto) Subsidization, Big GMO Seed Production (Monsanto), Big
Coal Production, Foreign Military Construction (Expansionism), Big Mining, HUGE Gov» t
Contracts (Blackwater - et al).
However,
contracting Western markets and saturated Asian markets present an uncertain future
for these
coal exports.
In recent months, ~ 2 GW of Australian
coal - fired electricity generation has been closed temporarily or permanently (~ 2.5 GW in winter), comparable to the 2 GW that would have been closed by the abandoned policy of
contracts -
for closure.
representing Indonesian ship owners in an arbitration under the auspices of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) to claim against charterers
for breach of a
contract for the carriage of
coal
Worked on procurement,
contract management, regulation and dispute resolution
for Kansas City Power and Light regarding the La Cygne Generating station, comprising two
coal - fired units, worth $ 1 billion
More recently, Nigel has acted in a number of disputes under
contracts for the sale of oil and in
coal contract arbitrations about
contract variation and price adjustment mechanisms.
Advising the Singapore office of a major European
coal trading company on
contracts for marketing, sale and shipping of Indonesian
coal.
Just in time
for Christmas, the January — February 2018 issue of the Harvard Business Review offers us a lump of
coal in the form of an article entitled The Case
for Plain - Language
Contracts (here).
SIAC arbitration involving the cancellation of a
contract for the import of a cargo of
coal into India (involving governmental restrictions on the use of imported
coal in India in favour of the use of domestic
coal), culminating in a 5 - day hearing in Singapore.
Contacted landowners and other representatives of
coal and oil firms to settle agreements, such as royalty
contracts, options and leases
for producing activities in particular
coal and oil fields, drilling and exploration