Industry
Coal Mining
The extraction of coal for use as fuel or as a chemical reducing agent in industrial processes; thermal coal fuels power generation and coal-based direct-reduction ironmaking, while coking coal is used specifically in blast furnaces.
Covered in 2 MetalsCost.com News Intelligence articles, most recently on September 22, 2026.
Coverage
Iron
Indian Sponge Iron Prices Hit a Two-Year High as Coal Costs Keep Climbing
Thermal coal exporters in Indonesia, Russia and South Africa are realizing higher prices on coal shipped to India, even as Indian buyers cut import volumes.
Iron
Metallurgical Coal Jumped From $224 to $282 a Tonne in Weeks -- Here's the Case Investors Are Making
Rising metallurgical coal prices directly benefit producers, with coal-sector equities up roughly 25% over the same weeks-long rally MoneyWeek describes.
