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Walter Energy Prices $320 Million Offering of Senior Secured Notes
Marketwire Canada - 47 mins ago
Walter Energy Inc. ("Walter Energy" (NYSE: WLT) today announced the pricing of its private offering of $320.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2019 with a coupon of 9.500% per annum (the "Notes" . The Notes are a follow-on issue to the $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of Walter Energy's 9.500% senior secured notes due 2019 which were issued on September 27, 2013 and Walter Energy's $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.500% senior secured notes due 2019 which were issued on March 27, 2014. Walter Energy will pay interest on the Notes on April 15 and October 15 of each year, with the next interest payment being due on October 15, 2014. The Notes will be guaranteed by each of Walter Energy's current and future wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that from time to time guarantees any of Walter Energy's indebtedness or any indebtedness of any of Walter Energy's restricted subsidiaries. The Notes and related guarantees will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act" , and to non-U.S. persons in transactions outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws. (full story)
Why Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) Stock Is Slumping This Afternoon
at The Street - Tue Jul 08, 11:55AM CDT
Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) stock is lower after Morgan Stanley (MS) warned metallurgical coal prices could rebound slower than the firm previously expected. (full story)
Why Walter Energy (WLT) Stock Is Down Today
at The Street - Tue Jul 08, 10:44AM CDT
Walter Energy (WLT) is falling Tuesday after reporting preliminary metallurgical coal production for the second quarter. (full story)
Is Alpha Natural Resources Cheap at an 80% Discount to Book Value?
Vladimir Zernov, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 08, 8:38AM CDT
Plummeting met-coal prices have sent shares of Alpha Natural Resources to multi-year lows. Although the shares have rebounded a bit from the lows seen in early June, the company still trades at a massive 80% discount to its book value. Is this a... (full story)
Walter Energy Commences Private Offering of $320 Million Senior Secured Notes
Marketwire Canada - Tue Jul 08, 7:27AM CDT
Walter Energy Inc. ("Walter Energy" (NYSE: WLT) today announced that it has commenced a private offering of $320.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.500% senior secured notes due 2019 (the "Notes" . (full story)
Why Arch Coal (ACI) Stock Is Tanking On Monday
at The Street - Mon Jul 07, 2:17PM CDT
Arch Coal (ACI) stock is lower as the coal industry takes a hit after Deutsche Bank (DB) downgrading Peabody Energy (BTU) to 'hold' from 'buy.' (full story)
Why Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) Stock Is Declining Today
at The Street - Mon Jul 07, 10:24AM CDT
Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) shares are down after analysts at Deutsche Bank (DB) downgraded Peabody Energy (BTU) to 'hold'. (full story)
Here's the Worst-Case Scenario for Cliffs Natural Resources
Vladimir Zernov, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jul 07, 8:12AM CDT
Cliffs Natural Resources ' battle with Casablanca Capital continues. The troubled miner has offered a settlement to the activist investor one more time. According to a Cliffs Natural Resources press release, the company has offered three seats on... (full story)
The 5 Worst-Performing Energy Stocks of 2014
Tyler Crowe, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 06, 2:36PM CDT
Halfway through 2014, the world of energy has been a good place. The S&P Energy Index is up 13.23%, compared to the broader S&P 500 's return of 6.94%. However, the energy sector has had its fair share of duds as well: Boardwalk Pipeline... (full story)
Why Alliance Fiber Optic, Walter Energy, and Cree Are Today's 3 Best Stocks
Sean Williams, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Jul 03, 4:15PM CDT
Today may have only been a half day for the market, but we were absolutely inundated with economic data that was pushed forward by tomorrow's July 4th holiday. No report pushed the broad-based S&P 500 higher more than the nonfarm payroll... (full story)
Why Greenbrier, Walter Energy, and Cliffs Natural Resources Jumped Today
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 02, 5:15PM CDT
After impressive gains yesterday, the stock market largely took Wednesday off, with major market benchmarks making only modest advances into all-time record high territory. Despite impressive figures on the jobs front from the ADP private-sector... (full story)
Is S&P Right on Walter Energy?
Vladimir Zernov, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Jul 02, 10:36AM CDT
The troubled met coal miner Walter Energy has just received another blow. Standard & Poor's has cut its corporate credit rating to CCC+ from B-. S&P argues that Walter Energy's debt level is unsustainable because of the low met coal price... (full story)
2 Ways Coal Can Still Make You Rich
Adam Galas, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Jul 01, 12:50PM CDT
Whether its new EPA regulations requiring the coal industry cut CO2 emissions by 30% (from 2005 levels) by 2030 or natural gas power plants replacing coal fired ones, the coal industry has faced a brutal couple of years. WLT Total Return... (full story)
As Walter Flounders, CONSOL Is Blooming
Reuben Brewer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jun 30, 2:06PM CDT
CONSOL Energy is continuing to evolve its business, with plans to form a master limited partnership. Walter Energy's efforts to shift its coal footprint, meanwhile, have left it over-leveraged and bleeding red ink. Change is constant, but not... (full story)
Coking Coal Players Revisited...and It Doesn't Look Good
Peter Epstein, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jun 29, 12:31PM CDT
Last year I wrote that coking coal producers like Walter Energy , Alpha Natural Resources , CONSOL Energy , and Peabody Energy were in a world of pain. Further I saw no near-term catalyst to drive coking coal prices higher. Fast forward... (full story)
CONSOL Energy: Great Company, But Fully Valued?
Peter Epstein, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Jun 27, 8:33AM CDT
CONSOL Energy has largely silenced long-term critics, of which there were many. Back in 2010-11 when the company was making significant inroads into natural gas, culminated with a multi-billion dollar acquisition of shale assets, critics were not... (full story)
Pre-market Materials Sector Picks -- Research on Molycorp, Turquoise Hill Resources, Vale, and Walter Energy
PR Newswire - Fri Jun 27, 6:50AM CDT
The US markets on Thursday, June 26, 2014 ended on a negative note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 16,846.13, down 0.13% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,379.05, down 0.02%. The S&P 500 finished the session 0.12% lower at 1,957.22. During the trading session, six out of ten sectors finished on a lower note. The S&P 500 Materials Sector Index ended the day at 313.23, down 0.17%, whereas the index has advanced 6.40% in the previous three months. Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP), Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd (NYSE: TRQ), Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE) and Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT). Free technical research on MCP, TRQ, VALE and WLT can be downloaded upon signing up at: (full story)
Winners and Losers From Obama's Anti-Coal Efforts to Cut Carbon Emissions
at The Street - Thu Jun 26, 2:03PM CDT
EPA's carbon emission plans will have a negative impact on some of the biggest players in the coal industry but the natural gas producers are delighted. Here's why. (full story)