Cloud Peak Energy (CLD) announced that it signed a deal to sell its 50% stake in the Decker mine in Montana. It’s selling the stake to its joint venture partner—Ambre Energy. Ambre Energy already holds …
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Why Cloud Peak sells its stake in Decker mine to Ambre Energy
Century Aluminum has one of the lowest profit margins in the aluminum industry. The gross profit margin has been in the low single digits over the past couple of years. This year, Century is expected to …
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Must-know: A financial overview of Century Aluminum
Ambre Energy was founded in June 2005. It’s an Australian-American coal and oil shale company. The company’s Australian headquarters are located at Brisbane. The head American office is located at Salt …
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Overview: Ambre Energy—a coal and oil shale export company
In its monthly Oil Market Report for September, OPEC lowered its estimate of demand growth for 2014 and 2015.
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OPEC Confesses Slower Demand for Its Oil
Brent crude oil remained below $100 on Wednesday with market over supply weighing on prices. The commodity traded at $99.21 at 10:45 GMT as the dollar strengthened and investors worried about the state …
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Brent Remains Below $100 On Oversupply
The aluminum industry has a value chain that consists of upstream and downstream companies. Upstream companies are engaged in mining and refining operations. The downstream operations involve smelting, …
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Century Aluminum’s placement on the aluminum value chain
While coal gained market share in June, this isn’t really surprising. To illustrate why, let’s have a look at the historical trend. As the summer begins, electricity generation in June has been higher …
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Must-know: Is the steam coal industry losing steam in 2014?
Cloud Peak Energy (CLD) is headquartered in Gillette, Wyoming. The company markets itself as a “pure-play Powder River Basin (or PRB) thermal coal producer.” The company owns and operates three …
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Overview: Cloud Peak Energy’s operations
The plant in Hawesville, Kentucky is Century’s largest plant in the U.S. It produces high purity primary aluminum. This plant supplies the electrical conductor, remelt ingot, and high-purity ingot markets. …
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Must-know: Century Aluminum’s key operations
In this kind of scenario, coal should have lost its market share in electric power generation in June. On the contrary, coal’s share of electric power generation went up to 39% in June from 37% in May …
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Why did coal gain market share at the end of 2Q 2014?
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Deputy Economy Minister says a mission she will lead to New York will seek deals in the food, gas and investment sectors.
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Polish mission to seek food, gas deals in US
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Deputy Economy Minister says a mission she will lead to New York will seek deals in the food, gas and investment sectors.
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Polish mission to seek food, gas deals in US
Century Aluminum was formed in 1995 by Glencore International. Glencore is one of the world’s largest diversified natural resource companies. It produces and markets over 90 commodities worldwide. Century …
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Musk-know: Century Aluminum’s background
In the first half of 2014, 4,350 megawatts (or MW) of new electricity generating capacity was added, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (or EIA).
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Must-read: Why 1H 2014 saw no coal-fired capacity additions
Brent crude oil prices slid below $100 on Tuesday, causing concern for some OPEC nations. The commodity traded at $99.99 at 10:30 GMT as market oversupply and worries about the global economy weighed. …
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Brent Prices Dip Below $100
With the goal of a cleaner environment in mind, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (or EPA) has issued carbon dioxide emission standards and mercury and air toxic standards.
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Why does the US Environmental Protection Agency dislike coal?
Over the past decade, companies have invested heavily in extracting gas trapped in shale rock formations thousands of meters below the Earth’s surface. The process wasn’t viable economically until the …
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Why the shale gas revolution has affected the coal industry
Brent crude oil dipped below $101 on Monday morning after last week’s jobs data disappointed. The commodity traded at $100.81 at 4:50 GMT as investors worried about demand in an oversupplied market. On …
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Brent Nears $100 On Oversupply
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#PreMarket Prep Guest List For The Week Of September 8, 2014
The futures on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury note price (@TY) have come down recently, as rates rose in conjunction with the U.S. equity markets’ continued rise to new all-time highs. The decline in TY prices …
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Technical Update: 10-Year Treasuary Prices Bouncing Off Of Short-Term Support On Bad Jobs Data
