COAL GETS HOTTERCOAL GETS HOTTERCoal companies have taken their lumps since President Barack Obama took office, with investors fearful the Administration's proposed "cap and trade" emissions plan could force one of the industry's biggest customers--owners of coal-fed power plants--to raise prices by as much as 50%, hurting demand. But some analysts are becoming more bullish, in part because they expect greater demand from China. Coal producers themselves think valuations are attractive: Mechel OAO OAO Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO Over and Out OAO One And Only OAO Ontario Association of Orthodontists OAO Owned and Operated OAO Ontario Association of Optometrists OAO Opticians Association of Ohio OAO Orthogonalized Atomic Orbital , a Russian mining and metals company, agreed in late April to pay $436 million for West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. coal producer Bluestone bluestone, common name for the blue, crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue-gray sandstone. Industries. Stronger-than-expected earnings from James River James River or Dakota River River in the U.S. rising in central North Dakota and flowing southeast across South Dakota. It joins the Missouri River about 5 mi (8 km) below Yankton after a course of 710 mi (1,140 km). Coal and Consol Energy CONSOL Energy is a coal and mining company based suburban Pittsburgh, USA. The head office is located in the southern suburb of Upper St.Clair, Pennsylvania CONSOL Energy Inc. is the largest producer of high-Btu bituminous coal in the United States. also provided evidence that supply and demand are getting back into balance. Goldman Sachs analyst Brian Singer upgraded the sector to "attractive" from "neutral," figuring prices will benefit from a second-half rebound in steel production, as well as stronger demand from China. He also upgraded Massey Energy to a buy. 
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