Alabama coal company reopens, names excavator after Trump

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Rob Larrikin

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Alabama coal company reopens, names $2.7 million excavator after President Trump for ending ‘war on coal’

An Alabama coal company is crediting President Donald Trump for its reopening after being idle since February 2014.

In a news release, RJR Mining Company, Inc. announced the purchase of a $2.7 million Hitachi 1900 excavator that it named “Trump” in honor of the president’s efforts to end the “war on coal” started by former President Barack Obama

“This will be the largest capital investment we have ever made,” RJR shareholder Randy Johnson said in an attached copy of a letter sent to President Trump. “We will provide more jobs than we ever have. You have restored our confidence, our excitement, and our desire to stay involved.”

The company, based out of Cullman, said it expects to spend around $900,000 a month to operate what it says will be its largest surface mine to date. The new mine will produce both traditional steam coal and met coal, which are used to make steel.

“We are grateful for President Trump strengthening the economy, creating jobs, and encouraging investment in all sectors, including the coal industry,” said Alabama Coal Association president Patrick Cagle. “We also thank the President for ending the war on coal, but there is still work left to do to keep future administrations from targeting our industry with punitive regulations.”

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Meanwhile, Trump continues to be attacked by Democrats, who continue to wage their war on coal:

WASHINGTON (CN) – The Trump administration is considering using West Coast military installations or other federal properties to open the way for more U.S. fossil fuel exports to Asia, but environmentalists see the proposal as nothing more than a handout to the fossil fuel industry which ignores the costs of climate change.

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That Friday morning, the mine’s 491 acres hummed. Trump (the excavator), two track hoes, and eight dump trucks were at work on the land’s first seam—or layer—of largely steam coal. “We’re starting small,” Johnson told me. He anticipates beginning with 20,000 or so tons a month, which would provide a cash flow that would allow him to break even by fall. It’s a modest forecast, and Johnson admitted that he has no long-term contracts yet to anchor the operation, save for existing contracts through the state’s coal co-op. But he’s confident the market will continue to reflect Trump’s favor of the industry. While the majority of the administration’s regulatory rollbacks remain steeped in litigation, the expectation that no new rules are likely to come has kept the mood here high.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/trump-coal-alabama/566282/


He's going to go bankrupt. If only he'd pay attention to trends...
 
Rob Larrikin said:
Alabama coal company reopens, names $2.7 million excavator after President Trump for ending ‘war on coal’

An Alabama coal company is crediting President Donald Trump for its reopening after being idle since February 2014.

In a news release, RJR Mining Company, Inc. announced the purchase of a $2.7 million Hitachi 1900 excavator that it named “Trump” in honor of the president’s efforts to end the “war on coal” started by former President Barack Obama

“This will be the largest capital investment we have ever made,” RJR shareholder Randy Johnson said in an attached copy of a letter sent to President Trump. “We will provide more jobs than we ever have. You have restored our confidence, our excitement, and our desire to stay involved.”

The company, based out of Cullman, said it expects to spend around $900,000 a month to operate what it says will be its largest surface mine to date. The new mine will produce both traditional steam coal and met coal, which are used to make steel.

“We are grateful for President Trump strengthening the economy, creating jobs, and encouraging investment in all sectors, including the coal industry,” said Alabama Coal Association president Patrick Cagle. “We also thank the President for ending the war on coal, but there is still work left to do to keep future administrations from targeting our industry with punitive regulations.”

More…


Meanwhile, Trump continues to be attacked by Democrats, who continue to wage their war on coal:

WASHINGTON (CN) – The Trump administration is considering using West Coast military installations or other federal properties to open the way for more U.S. fossil fuel exports to Asia, but environmentalists see the proposal as nothing more than a handout to the fossil fuel industry which ignores the costs of climate change.

More…
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you arent smart enough to process the fact that gas is cheaper are you.
 
Check this out.

http://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/new-job-navy-exporting-mountain-west-coal

It's Lefty news (funded by public radio which is on Trump's hit list), but they inadvertently show how Trump is working to revive the coal industry, and how Democrats are working their arses off to stop him.

The Trump administration wants to export coal to Asia through military bases along the West Coast. Companies are currently blocked from using ports in California and Washington State.

During an interview with the Associated Press Monday, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said the country may need to use naval bases and other federal facilities to send American coal to Asia.

But Washington state Democratic Governor Jay Inslee isn’t having it.

“It’s illegal, it’s unconstitutional, courts won’t let it happen, we won’t let it happen,” Inslee said.

He said the Trump administration is ignoring state and federal law and the dangers posed by climate change. He also disagreed with the argument that exporting coal is a matter of national security.

"There is a national security problem and that’s called climate change and it comes from burning coal,” he said.

Asian markets have long been seen as a way to prop up beleaguered American coal producers as the U.S. domestic market turns towards cheaper and more abundant natural gas. Earlier this month, a company that owns five coal mines in the Mountain West filed for bankruptcy.

During the AP interview, Zinke only named one prospective export spot – a mostly-abandoned military base in Alaska.
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Also, this site reports on more coal exports.

On Monday, the Corporación Dominicana de Empresas Eléctricas Estatales (CDEEE) signed a service contract with American company Xcoal Energy & Resources, LLC based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to supply 462,000 metric tons of U.S. coal to the Dominican Republic’s Punta Catalina power plant. The American company won the public tender by the Dominican government on October 2.

The contract was signed by CDEE president Ruben Bichara and Xcoal Energy & Resources Senior Vice President Manuel Rocha. U.S. Ambassador Robin S. Bernstein witnessed the signing. and congratulated Xcoal Energy and Dominican Government for this important step forward to providing the Dominican people with reliable and cost-effective electricity.

“Xcoal Energy & Resources is very pleased to have won the competitive tender to supply U.S. coal for this important power project in the Dominican Republic. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship delivering U.S. energy to Punta Catalina so the project can help supply the Dominican Republic’s growing power needs,” said Xcoal Senior Vice President Manuel Rocha.

According to Ambassador Bernstein, “Increasing commercial relations between our countries is one of my key priorities. The United States is and will remain the Dominican Republic’s strongest economic partner. As such, the United States government works closely with the Dominican Government to ensure that public procurement processes, such as the Punta Catalina coal tender, are fair and transparent. “With fair and transparent tenders, U.S. companies like Xcoal Energy can compete on a level playing field to ensure the Dominican people receive the best value for their tax dollars from reliable world-class companies,” said Ambassador Bernstein.

The American company Xcoal will begin supplying coal for the thermoelectric plants test phase as soon as November this year. Board members of the CDEEE, members of the adjudication committee, Punta Catalina administrator, employees, among others attended the signing ceremony.

U.S. Collaboration in Energy Sector

The U.S. Government is working closely with the Dominican Government, U.S. companies and their Dominican partners to provide a variety of solutions to help meet the country’s energy needs, ranging from fuel supply, such as coal and LNG, to advanced renewable energy technologies and applications.​
 
Rob Larrikin said:
Check this out.

http://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/new-job-navy-exporting-mountain-west-coal

It's Lefty news (funded by public radio which is on Trump's hit list), but they inadvertently show how Trump is working to revive the coal industry, and how Democrats are working their arses off to stop him.

The Trump administration wants to export coal to Asia through military bases along the West Coast. Companies are currently blocked from using ports in California and Washington State.

During an interview with the Associated Press Monday, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said the country may need to use naval bases and other federal facilities to send American coal to Asia.

But Washington state Democratic Governor Jay Inslee isn’t having it.

“It’s illegal, it’s unconstitutional, courts won’t let it happen, we won’t let it happen,” Inslee said.

He said the Trump administration is ignoring state and federal law and the dangers posed by climate change. He also disagreed with the argument that exporting coal is a matter of national security.

"There is a national security problem and that’s called climate change and it comes from burning coal,” he said.

Asian markets have long been seen as a way to prop up beleaguered American coal producers as the U.S. domestic market turns towards cheaper and more abundant natural gas. Earlier this month, a company that owns five coal mines in the Mountain West filed for bankruptcy.

During the AP interview, Zinke only named one prospective export spot – a mostly-abandoned military base in Alaska.
​

Also, this site reports on more coal exports.

On Monday, the Corporación Dominicana de Empresas Eléctricas Estatales (CDEEE) signed a service contract with American company Xcoal Energy & Resources, LLC based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to supply 462,000 metric tons of U.S. coal to the Dominican Republic’s Punta Catalina power plant. The American company won the public tender by the Dominican government on October 2.

The contract was signed by CDEE president Ruben Bichara and Xcoal Energy & Resources Senior Vice President Manuel Rocha. U.S. Ambassador Robin S. Bernstein witnessed the signing. and congratulated Xcoal Energy and Dominican Government for this important step forward to providing the Dominican people with reliable and cost-effective electricity.

“Xcoal Energy & Resources is very pleased to have won the competitive tender to supply U.S. coal for this important power project in the Dominican Republic. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship delivering U.S. energy to Punta Catalina so the project can help supply the Dominican Republic’s growing power needs,” said Xcoal Senior Vice President Manuel Rocha.

According to Ambassador Bernstein, “Increasing commercial relations between our countries is one of my key priorities. The United States is and will remain the Dominican Republic’s strongest economic partner. As such, the United States government works closely with the Dominican Government to ensure that public procurement processes, such as the Punta Catalina coal tender, are fair and transparent. “With fair and transparent tenders, U.S. companies like Xcoal Energy can compete on a level playing field to ensure the Dominican people receive the best value for their tax dollars from reliable world-class companies,” said Ambassador Bernstein.

The American company Xcoal will begin supplying coal for the thermoelectric plants test phase as soon as November this year. Board members of the CDEEE, members of the adjudication committee, Punta Catalina administrator, employees, among others attended the signing ceremony.

U.S. Collaboration in Energy Sector

The U.S. Government is working closely with the Dominican Government, U.S. companies and their Dominican partners to provide a variety of solutions to help meet the country’s energy needs, ranging from fuel supply, such as coal and LNG, to advanced renewable energy technologies and applications.​
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I know you knuckle draggers value being ignorantant but less than 1% of their operating budget is from the feds. this is another example of trump pandering to morons like you.
 
From Forbes, Oct 7, 2018:

There are many, many falsehoods out there about coal. The biggest, of course, is that "coal is dead," an organized effort to scare away potential investors of the world's most vital source of electricity. Indeed, the reality is quite different than what some insist that you believe. In fact, coal is still the main source of power in a leading 18 U.S. states, and still supplies almost 30% of American power. " Does that sound like an energy source that is...."dead?"

Globally, coal is even more alive. "Think the Big Banks Have Abandoned Coal? Think Again." Even a solar magazine admits: "China to add 259 GW of coal capacity, satellite imagery shows." For reference, 259 GW is more than twice the amount of power capacity that mighty Texas has FROM ALL SOURCES.

Now Asia - which accounts for close to 80% of total global coal usage - is increasingly turning to the U.S. to supply coal. We are still the world's third largest coal producer. The U.S. supplies both types, met coal to produce steel and steam coal to produce electricity. "U.S. coal exports increased by 61% in 2017 as exports to Asia more than doubled."

The U.S. has a 360-year supply of coal to bolster our expanding export market. The trade war with the U.S. however, could have China looking to expand domestic supply, and the country's coal production caps have been found to be "technically infeasible."

The fact is that both China (65%) and India (75%) are hugely dependent upon coal-based electricity, which will be needed in even bigger quantities to lift their low Human Development Index closer to those in the West, where universal electricity access has more people living better and longer. Can you really blame them? "The Statistical Connection Between Electricity and Human Development."

With steady 6-8% annual economic growth, however, the overwhelming reliance of these two nations on their domestic coal resource is unsustainable. For example, China accounts for just 13% of global coal reserves but 51% of consumption. China's coal imports overall are at four-year highs. "India will be using and importing more coal," and the country has a coordinated strategy to specifically use coal from foreign nations because of its higher calorific value

State-owned Coal India Limited, however, already accounting for over 80% of domestic output, wants to raise production from 630 million tonnes next year to a staggering 1,000 Mt by 2020. Production in the first four months of this year was up 14% year-over-year and then another 11% since.

The reality, “Coal to be India's energy mainstay for next 30 years,” versus the myth, "Cheap renewable energy is killing India’s coal-based power plants."

The anti-coal business, of course, might not want to hear any of these realities. But, there is great news that everybody must appreciate. Both China and India are leading the world to cleaner coal, displacing small, inefficient plants with massive, highly efficient ones, namely supercritical and ultra-supercritical units. The International Energy Agency has been very supportive of these efforts.

Indeed, "the world cannot keep ignoring the Asian coal story."​

[see original story for links, graphs, etc.]
 
Rob Larrikin said:
From Forbes, Oct 7, 2018:

There are many, many falsehoods out there about coal. The biggest, of course, is that "coal is dead," an organized effort to scare away potential investors of the world's most vital source of electricity. Indeed, the reality is quite different than what some insist that you believe. In fact, coal is still the main source of power in a leading 18 U.S. states, and still supplies almost 30% of American power. " Does that sound like an energy source that is...."dead?"

Globally, coal is even more alive. "Think the Big Banks Have Abandoned Coal? Think Again." Even a solar magazine admits: "China to add 259 GW of coal capacity, satellite imagery shows." For reference, 259 GW is more than twice the amount of power capacity that mighty Texas has FROM ALL SOURCES.

Now Asia - which accounts for close to 80% of total global coal usage - is increasingly turning to the U.S. to supply coal. We are still the world's third largest coal producer. The U.S. supplies both types, met coal to produce steel and steam coal to produce electricity. "U.S. coal exports increased by 61% in 2017 as exports to Asia more than doubled."

The U.S. has a 360-year supply of coal to bolster our expanding export market. The trade war with the U.S. however, could have China looking to expand domestic supply, and the country's coal production caps have been found to be "technically infeasible."

The fact is that both China (65%) and India (75%) are hugely dependent upon coal-based electricity, which will be needed in even bigger quantities to lift their low Human Development Index closer to those in the West, where universal electricity access has more people living better and longer. Can you really blame them? "The Statistical Connection Between Electricity and Human Development."

With steady 6-8% annual economic growth, however, the overwhelming reliance of these two nations on their domestic coal resource is unsustainable. For example, China accounts for just 13% of global coal reserves but 51% of consumption. China's coal imports overall are at four-year highs. "India will be using and importing more coal," and the country has a coordinated strategy to specifically use coal from foreign nations because of its higher calorific value

State-owned Coal India Limited, however, already accounting for over 80% of domestic output, wants to raise production from 630 million tonnes next year to a staggering 1,000 Mt by 2020. Production in the first four months of this year was up 14% year-over-year and then another 11% since.

The reality, “Coal to be India's energy mainstay for next 30 years,” versus the myth, "Cheap renewable energy is killing India’s coal-based power plants."

The anti-coal business, of course, might not want to hear any of these realities. But, there is great news that everybody must appreciate. Both China and India are leading the world to cleaner coal, displacing small, inefficient plants with massive, highly efficient ones, namely supercritical and ultra-supercritical units. The International Energy Agency has been very supportive of these efforts.

Indeed, "the world cannot keep ignoring the Asian coal story."​

[see original story for links, graphs, etc.]
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no one said coal is dead. the point is jobs are declining. I have already shown you that asias need for coal will primarily come from S. Africa and Oz.
 
Rob Larrikin said:
Alabama coal company reopens, names $2.7 million excavator after President Trump for ending ‘war on coal’

An Alabama coal company is crediting President Donald Trump for its reopening after being idle since February 2014.
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There you go baby,

#MAGA Mr. Trump, continue your mission and let the Democrats lay dormant and remain far far away from progress. they will only muck it up anyway
 
Getin the ring said:
There you go baby,

#MAGA Mr. Trump, continue your mission and let the Democrats lay dormant and remain far far away from progress. they will only muck it up anyway
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The 2.7 million dollar excavator isnt a bit of productivity you are smart enough to process is it.
 
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