GLG News by Northern Appalachian Coal Experts

    The Dakota Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) was turned down for its application with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for approximately $2.3 billion in Government-backed loan guarantees through the Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing (RRIF) out of...

    The Energy Information Agency (EIA) has been overstating the coal production cuts in the Central Appalachian region.. Those that have been utilizing the EIA numbers for modeling coal producer sales from the Central Appalachian region or for estimating coal inventories at utilities...

    Massey had a one-two punch of news. The first, which is the linked resignation letter, was the abrupt departure of two Board Members from Third Point Capital. The second was the Federal District Court of Southern West Virginia’s ruling on June 13, 2007 rejecting the practice...

    As the article points out, Massey Energy was hit with an EPA lawsuit for approximately $1.7 billion alleging violation of the Clean Water Act. The EPA issued the suit based on Massey exceeding the average monthly or daily permit limit between January 2000 and March 2006.     The...

Coal from the coal fields in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming have to compete on a delivered-, emissions-adjusted basis to coal’s in the other producing regions, such as the Central Appalachian Basin. The recent increase in Eastern coal prices and SO2 emissions allowances now allow the Powder River...

FreightCar America Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing exercised 32,980 shares of company stock at $19 each on May 3 and sold the shares for $46.88 each on May 4. According to SEC Form 4, he beneficially owns 7,000 shares after this transaction. It may be that FreightCar America Management...

The article in The Wall Street Journal describes potential Legislation to require the use of compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL) and other energy-saving lights to decrease the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants. The Analysis Section below has some additional math and discussion...

    Evergreen Energy (formerly KFx) continues to disappoint investors with the lack of significant progress on placing its beneficiated coal to customers.     The commentary section below provides a quick primer on Evergreen Energy’s beneficiated coal and the...

    Consol Energy and Pittsburgh & Midway, a Chevron Company, announced a joint venture to develop a new mine in the Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming called the Youngs Creek Mine. The coal property is north of Sheridan, Wyoming.     The potential development...

    Background:     United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Judge Chambers issued a ruling that valley fill permits granted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must be rescinded and remanded back to the Corps for further reconsideration....