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Alpha Slashes Met Coal Guidance Amid Weather Setbacks and Market Weakness
Alpha Metallurgical Resources reported a steep Q1 2025 net loss of $33.9 million, driven by severe January–February weather disruptions...
1 day ago1 min read
Ramaco Cuts 2025 Met Coal Guidance Amid Weak Market, Retains Growth Optionality
Ramaco Resources reported record quarterly production of 989,000 tons in Q1 2025, despite losing around 100,000 tons to severe weather....
1 day ago1 min read
Core Advances Term Sales and Prepares Leer South Restart Amid Long-Term Met Coal Strength
Core Natural Resources' Q1 reports its unchanged 2025 metallurgical coal sales guidance at 7.5–8.0 million short tons, in line with...
1 day ago1 min read
Nippon Steel’s Profitability Holds Despite Downturn
Nippon Steel recorded an underlying business profit of ¥793.7 billion in FY2024, translating to approximately $151/ton , down from...
2 days ago1 min read
Tata Steel’s Q4 and FY2025 Results Highlight Regional Divide, Easing Met Coal Costs
Tata Steel's Q4 FY2025 results reveal a sharp regional split in profitability and shifting market dynamics. India remained the core...
2 days ago1 min read
Government Seeks Review of Supreme Court Ruling on JSW Steel-BPSL Deal
Following a detailed examination of the Supreme Court’s May 2 ruling that deemed JSW Steel’s acquisition of Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd...
2 days ago1 min read
Peabody Highlights Q1 Cost Control Amid Slower Prices
May 6, 2025 – Peabody Energy reported Q1 2025 seaborne metallurgical coal sales of 1.8 million tons with an average price of $125.15/ton....
May 81 min read
Fire Injures Four at Russian Coal Plant
7 May Fire Injures Four at Russian Coal Plant Four people were injured after a methane fire broke out at Mechel’s coal processing plant...
May 81 min read
PBOC’s May 2025 Easing Supports Coking Coal Sector Through Liquidity and Demand Stabilization
As of May 7, 2025, China’s latest monetary easing signals a supportive shift for the coking coal sector. The PBOC cut the RRR by 50bps,...
May 71 min read
Developing: Anglo Dismisses Peabody’s MAC Claim, Reaffirms Commitment to Coal Deal
Anglo American has dismissed 5 May Peabody Energy’s Material Adverse Change claim, stating the Moranbah North mine incident does not...
May 61 min read
Peabody Warns of Potential Exit from Anglo Coal Deal Amid Moranbah Mine Crisis
May 5, 2025 Peabody Energy has issued a Material Adverse Change (MAC) notice to Anglo American, raising doubts over its proposed $3.78...
May 51 min read
Stanmore's Q1 Reports Lower Cost Guidance, Maintains Output Despite Record Rainfall
Stanmore Lowers Cost Guidance, Maintains Output Despite Record Rainfall Stanmore Resources defied severe weather disruptions in Q1 2025...
May 51 min read
JSW-BPSL Deal Collapse Triggers Industry Alarm as 2.75mt Steel Capacity Faces Liquidation
In a landmark ruling, India’s Supreme Court has scrapped JSW Steel’s ₹19,700 crore acquisition of Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (BPSL),...
May 31 min read
Wet Weather Tightens Supply, Coking Coal Prices Rebound Amid Bowen’s Solid Q1
Coking coal prices are rebounding after a soggy March quarter that battered Queensland’s mining heartland. Bowen Coking Coal reported...
May 21 min read
Hoa Phat Delivers Robust Q1 Performance with EBITDA Reaching USD 121 per Ton
Hoa Phat Group reported a strong first quarter in 2025, underpinned by a sharp rebound in Vietnam’s domestic steel demand and improving...
May 21 min read
[From Submit-Intel] Coronado has laid off around 140 workers at Buchanan mine, just three years after pledging a $169 million investment that was expected to create 181
Coronado Coal has laid off around 140 workers at its Buchanan County, Virginia operation, just three years after pledging a $169 million...
May 21 min read
CITIC Special Steel Q1 2025: Operating Profit per Ton and Market Outlook
Operating profit per ton rose to ~USD 56.3, up from USD 51.5 a year ago, driven by improved cost efficiency and resilient specialty steel...
May 21 min read
Baosteel Q1 Operating Profit per Ton Up 22% YoY to USD 39, Cost Control Shields Against Weak Demand
Baosteel Q1 2025: Operating Profit per Ton & Market Outlook 1. Operating Profit per Ton (USD) Q1 2025 Total Operating Profit: RMB 3.47...
May 21 min read
SSAB Q1 Steel Profitability Diverges by Region; Americas Set for Rebound in Q2
In Q1 2025, SSAB's EBITDA per ton showed stark regional contrasts. Special Steels led with a sharp 35% QoQ rise to SEK 5,214/t (USD 496),...
May 21 min read
POSCO's Q1 Profitability Rebounds on Cost Discipline and Strategic Premium Focus
POSCO's steel segment operating profit per ton rose to USD 31.4 in Q1 2025, up from USD 28.2 in Q4 2024 and USD 26.5 a year ago,...
May 21 min read
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