David Fickling, Columnist

Coal's Still in the Pits

Make no mistake, these assets are going cheap.
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Whatever happened to the rising price of coal?

The sooty stuff was one of 2016's best-performing commodities. At Newcastle port, the biggest export harbor for the thermal coal used in power stations, traders bid up the price of benchmark grades by 87 percent over the course of the year.