Ceny uhlí mohou být ovlivněny následujícími událostmi (sorry je to anglicky):
- Indonesia’s government has blocked shipments of at least 3.5 million metric tons of coal since Jan. 15, after a delay in issuing new trading permits, an industry group said. About 70 vessels, each with a capacity of 50,000 tons, are stuck at ports because surveyors checking shipments won’t allow the exports before traders obtain fresh licenses from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, said Bob Kamandanu, chairman of the Indonesian Coal Mining Association.
- Coal demand is so great Alpha Natural Resources Inc. is buying Massey Energy Co. in the most expensive deal in the industry´s history. The takeover values Massey at $8.5 billion, including debt, or 23.3 times its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization last year. A record $30 billion in deals may be completed in the industry this year as acquirers pay an average 33 percent premium. That´s also the highest in at least a decade and double the historical average. Alpha Natural agreed to pay a 55 percent premium in the biggest coal deal in U.S. history.
- The Queensland city of Cairns prepared to evacuate hospitals and urged residents in low-lying areas to leave as the Australian state braced for the strongest cyclone since 2006, just weeks after record flooding. Cyclone Yasi, expected to strike the coast packing winds of up to 280 kilometers (175 miles) an hour, has forced the closure of 300 schools and shut mines, ports and railways. The cyclone is expected to be upgraded from a category three storm today and make landfall early Feb. 3 as “a potentially dangerous cyclone exceptionally large in size,” according to the Bureau of Meteorology. It may be more severe than Cyclone Larry, which wiped out most of Australia’s banana crop and devastated sugar cane fields almost five years ago.
