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The article offers various developments related to coal industry. Topics discussed include signing of U.S. President Donald J. Trump that will repeal the Stream Protection Rule; divestment of mining assets of Alpha Natural Resources Holdings Inc. and ANR Inc. in Harlan County, Kentucky; planning to develop about 45 additional coal-fired power plants by Japanese companies; halting of all coal imports by China from North Korea until the end of 2017.

The article offers news briefs related to several coal industries as of December 1, 2015. A federal jury in Charleston, West Virginia found Don Blankenship former executive at Massey Energy guilty of conspiracy for federal mine safety regulations. The government of Britain has planned to close all the coal-fired power plants in Britain by 2025 and restrict their use by 2023. Cloud Peak Energy Logistics has made transportation agreement with BNSF Railway.

The article discusses the recklessness of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case Michigan v. EPA. It mentions that several U.S. states and industry groups such as the National Mining Association have challenged the EPA's mercury rule in the case, which would have caused the closure of the coal-fired power plants as part of the U.S. Climate Action Plan.

Reports on the expected increase of coal production in the United States in the year 2000. Gains as attributed to outages at large nuclear plants in the Northeast; Coal's share of utility generation; Coal as not suited for peak load capacity units; Stagnation of metallurgical coal exports; Technologies' reduction of the need for coking coal.