Third Quarter Coking Coal Sales of 1.9 Million Tons up 35.2 Percent Versus Prior Year; Year-to-Date Sales Volumes Ahead of Same Period Last Year
Company Resumes Delivery on Carryover Coal Contracts at $315 per Ton
Company Expects Premium Hard Coking Coal Production and Sales of Approximately 8 Million Tons in 2010 and Up to 9.5 Million Tons [...]

By MARK WILLIAMS
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Retail gasoline fell to a new three-year low Tuesday and in an unprecedented decline, crude oil costs $100 less per barrel than it did four months ago with a U.S. recession eating away at energy demand.
Analysts believe prices at the pump may finally be bottoming out after a precipitous [...]

By H. JOSEF HEBERT • Associated Press • November 13, 2008
WASHINGTON — The dramatic drop in world oil prices means a break this winter in heating costs, although households will still be paying more than they did last winter, the government says.
Gasoline prices, which have declined by nearly 50% since July, are expected to remain [...]

Up to 1,000 people die or are wounded every year in accidents caused by low-quality, high-lead smuggled gasoline that consumes victims in fiery accidents, according to Benin’s Ministry of Commerce.
In 2007 the Benin government estimated that its oil-producing neighbour, Nigeria, supplied 551 million litres of contraband fuel, known as “kpayo” – “bad quality” in the [...]

Slide Forecasts Recession, Analysts Say
By Kendra Marr
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 17, 2008; Page D01
Oil prices are falling, but the industries that might benefit the most from cheaper fuel aren’t celebrating. In fact, any hope that discounted crude oil might lift prospects has been swiftly crushed by the weight of the economic downturn.
In normal times, [...]

ASSOCIATED PRESS • October 13, 2008
U.S. Senate candidates disagree on drilling
LANSING — A gallon of gas costs more than twice what it did 6 years ago, the last time incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Carl Levin was up for re-election.
The average statewide cost for regular unleaded gasoline was $3.27 per gallon as of Friday, according to [...]

Natural gas costs are expected to rise, while electricity bills will likely remain about the same.
By Yoshiaki Nohara
Herald Writer
Heating homes with natural gas is expected to cost about $83 more during the fall and winter heating season in Snohomish County than a year ago, while electricity users are unlikely to see any rate hikes.
Most people [...]

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline nationally falls 11.7 cents to $3.718. In California, the cost is down 7.9 cents to $3.725.
By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
The price of crude oil jumped dramatically Monday as the dollar’s value fell and traders jockeyed on the last day of [...]