Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX) has appointed Philip A. Brandt as Vice President of Employee Services. Mr. Brandt will report to Joseph W. Bean, Senior VP- Law & Administration. In this role he will be responsible for employee relations,read more »
Andrew Charlesworth and others may be interested to know that the actual carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from burning wood is greater than from burning coal. This is because coal, which removed the CO2 a long time, ago produces more kilowatt-hours (kWh) ofread more »
Cloud Peak Energy Inc (CLD.N), a unit of Rio Tinto Plc, fell in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday after its shares priced below expectations in the U.S. coal miner's initial public offering. read more »
South Africa, plagued by chronic power shortages, plans to have the country's new nuclear power plant up and running by 2020, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters told a nuclear conference on Friday. read more »