JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labor climate. Full story
Shares of James River Coal Co. jumped Friday after the company said it reached deals to exchange about $243.4 million of existing debt for $123.3 million in new debt, pushing back the maturity of some of it by three years. Full story
CONSOL Energy Inc. says it's got federal approval to restart its sprawling Blacksville No. 2 coal mine with the morning shift on Monday. Full story
Shares of L&L Energy Inc., which mines and distributes coal in China, were up 14 percent Wednesday after the company it will provide a million tons of coal to Datang International Power Co. Full story
Hard times are expected to continue in the Appalachian region that was once the heart of the nation's coal production, according to a new report. Full story
PERTH (Reuters) - Glencore Xstrata <GLEN.L> is stopping work on a planned 35 million tonnes per annum Australian coal export terminal as a result of poor market conditions, making it likely it will also scrap an associated coal mine. Full story
The Fast Money traders weigh in on how to play the coal space, and share their trade on some of today's top movers in the market.
Rob Knight, Union Pacific CFO, discusses his company's record fourth quarter and weighs in on the weak demand for coal.
Jim Cramer explains how coal is hurting some railroad companies but not Kansas City Southern.
The National Journal’s Reid Wilson joins The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd for a Deep Dive into the coal wars and coal country’s steady shift from blue to red.
Dave Roberts, a staff writer at the Grist.org; Tanya Fields, an urban farmer; Dan Dicker, a CNBC contributor; and Uni Blake, director of environmental affairs for Hometown Energy Group; talk about natural gas extraction through fracking, and how it is affecting the coal industry.
A boy carries coal at an open cast coal field at Dhanbad district in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in this September 20, 2012 file photo. To match Special Report INDIA-COAL/ REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/Files (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)
A local woman prepares to collect coal from an open cast coal field at Dhanbad district in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in this September 20, 2012 file photo. To match Special Report INDIA-COAL/ REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/Files (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY)
Locals collect coal from the dump site of an open coal field at Dhanbad district in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in this September 19, 2012 file photo. To match Special Report INDIA-COAL/ REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/Files (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)
