KOL News and Press, VanEck Vectors Coal ETF From 07/01/19

The energy sector posted a loss during the second quarter of 2019, but the price of ethanol moved significantly higher. In 2014, the energy composite fell by 36.59% due to the swoon in crude oil, petroleum product, and natural gas prices. A composite of energy commodities fell by 25.14% in 2...

By ISLANDBOY The EIA released the latest edition of their Electric Power Monthly on June 25th, with data for April 2019. The table above shows the percentage contribution of the main fuel sources to two decimal places for the last two months and the year 2019 to date. As was projected by...

U.S. power generation from coal during April hit its lowest monthly total in at least 47 years , falling 23.4% from March to 60.1M MWH and 18.1% lower than the year-ago month, the Energy Information Administration reported. More news on: Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF, The United States Na...

For the first time in U.S. history, renewable energies briefly generated more electricity than coal in April this year, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis . This development is significant for U.S. clean energy champions, environmental advocates, and a...

The Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU ) and Arch Coal (NYSE: ARCH ) joint venture announced yesterday provides hope of consolidation in the Powder River Basin, but analysts are concerned about whether the deal will be approved by the Federal Trade Commission or Department of Justice. More news...

In one of the most significant steps yet by the Trump administration to roll back Obama-era climate policy, the Environmental Protection Agency releases its much-anticipated final rule gutting Pres. Obama's signature Clean Power Plan for cutting carbon emissions from coal plants to comba...

Norway's $1T sovereign wealth fund may have to sell its $1B stake in Glencore ( OTCPK:GLCNF ) and its $620M holding in Anglo American ( OTCQX:AAUKF ) under a government plan expected to be adopted by the country's parliament today. More news on: Glencore plc, Anglo American plc, RWE Akti...

The legendary hedge fund manager, Jeremy Grantham , said thermal coal is dead meat. However, Newcastle coal price is telling a difference story as shown below. Since late 2016, high quality Newcastle Thermal coal price (6,000kcal) has rallied strongly and still remained strong in early ...

Two news announcements recently caught our attention. Both announcements provided further comfort in our minds with regard to our positive thesis regarding the outlook for the broader energy sector over the next few years. The recent news announcements we are referring to is firstly this anno...

Direct air capture technology? The world’s biggest coking coal producer BHP has bought a $6M equity stake in Canada's Carbon Engineering, which sucks carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. More news on: BHP Billiton Limited, VanEck Vectors Coal ETF, Commodities news, News on ETFs, ...