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Summary
It has been a very long time since I highlighted any of the coal miners. Since I started posting here in spring 2012, all but one of the old familiar names has imploded, and been effectively delisted to the pink/junk sheets.
Consol is the last surviving properly-listed US coal miner. It imploded from the $47s in summer 2014 to a low of $4.53 this past January.
Effectively, CNX has since hyper-ramped 300% across the year, back to levels last seen in July 2015. From a pure price perspective, there really isn't anything but empty air to the 26/28 zone.
In terms of profitability, CNX is still struggling... see: http://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CNX/key-statistics?p=CNX
The war on coal ending
For those who watched the many Trump rallies, one particularly regular issue was the notion of ending the 'War on coal'. A Trump administration will no doubt help the coal industry to some extent, not least in terms of levelling the playing field against solar.
Further, most fail to realise that besides energy production, coal has many industrial uses.
It will be interesting to see how CNX trades into next spring, and how much President Trump highlights the coal mining industry.
