One executive is bullish on the steam market but not buying there's no coal to buy

摘要

One senior marketing executive with a strong Eastern producing company is bullish on the domestic steam market, but he doesn't buy contentions that coal is unavailable. "I think there's a fair amount of coal that has to be sold. I do," the source said, "only because for the last few months the utilities haven't bought long-term. That said producing is a pain in the (bleep)."