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...“We do have alternatives for iron ore and coal. Poland is still a big producer of coal. We can get iron ore from Australia, Brazil....
...In fact, mining uses coal power so aggressively that when one coal mine flooded and shut down in Xianjiang province over the weekend, one-third of all bitcoin’s computing power went offline....
...Gas demand in China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, is growing at an average annual rate of 20 per cent as policy makers promote cleaner alternatives to coal....
...The news heightened fears that Santos and its partners were struggling to find enough coal seam gas to put through its trains, or processing units, against a backdrop of cost pressures in the wider resource...
...Keith Cochrane, Weir’s chief executive, said on Friday: “The potential acquisition would extend Weir’s offering in minerals processing and expand our exposure to the attractive and fast growing coal sector...
...Massey Energy , the coal miner, was up 0.9 per cent to $69.87 while Freeport-McMoRan , the copper miner, added 1.3 per cent to $55.77. The S&P materials sector was up 0.7 per cent....
...The latest big acquisition was Australia’s Gloucester Coal for A$460m this year....
...The French side has grumbled that the Finnish nuclear regulator has demanded huge amounts of documentation in advance and has been sluggish in processing it....
...Founder of Zachary Investment Research & Management, LLC., an independent equity research firm based in Miami, Florida....
...Beijing plans to build 40 new nuclear power plants by 2020 to reduce dependence on polluting coal-fired electricity generation....
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