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Jun 9
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Coal Fired Up (30 min)

BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
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Helen Amos and Katja Jancic discuss how the outlook for metallurgical and thermal coal prices has shifted following the major underground coal mine explosion in China in mid-May, which has triggered widespread closures, regulatory changes, and disciplinary action on several high-level government officials. They discuss what it might take for US met coal pric ... Show More
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