Core Natural Resources (CNR) Gained Over 13% This Week. Here is Why
The share price of Core Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CNR) surged by 13.18% between October 31 and November 7, 2025, putting it among the Energy Stocks that Gained the Most This Week.
Core Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CNR) is a world-class producer and exporter of high-quality, low-cost coals, including metallurgical and high calorific value thermal coals.
Core Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CNR) reported its third-quarter results on November 6, with the company beating profit estimates on the back of expanded sales for its high-value thermal coal and Powder River Basin products, in addition to holding up margins despite supply chain issues. Moreover, CNR expects its transition to a more advantageous reserve area at West Elk to drive future growth.
Notably, Core Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CNR) admitted to having discovered the presence of ‘noteworthy levels of rare earth elements and critical minerals’ at its flagship operations in the United States. Given the current trade tensions between Washington and Beijing over rare-earth elements, any news of domestic discoveries is expected to garner significant interest from investors.
Core Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CNR) also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.1 per share, payable on December 15, to all shareholders as of the November 28 record.
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Blue Creek Mine Longwall Operations Deliver 27% Sales Volume Increase
Longwall mining has revolutionised underground coal extraction, representing one of the most technologically advanced and productive methods available to the industry today. This mechanised approach employs continuous shearer systems that traverse coal faces while hydraulic shields provide protection and enable controlled roof collapse behind extraction zones. Furthermore, these underground mines marvels demonstrate remarkable engineering achievements in modern extraction technology.
The effectiveness of longwall operations becomes evident when examining real-world performance data. At Blue Creek mine longwall operations, the transition to longwall systems delivered a remarkable 27% increase in total sales volumes and 17% increase in total production volumes compared to the previous year's comparable quarter. These improvements demonstrate how mechanised extraction surpasses traditional room-and-pillar methods in both efficiency and output capacity.
Key Components of Advanced Longwall Systems:
• Automated shearer machines for continuous coal cutting
• Hydraulic-powered roof support shields
• Armoured face conveyors for material transport
• Advanced monitoring and control systems
The cost advantages of longwall technology extend beyond simple productivity gains. Modern operations achieve structural cost reductions through variable cost structures and operational efficiency enhancements. Consequently, the integration of data-driven operations has enabled Blue Creek's experience to exemplify this advantage, with cash costs dropping by 18% to $100.73 per short ton from the previous baseline of $123.45 per short ton.
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Day One at UN COP 30: Same Old Song and Dance
If you've ever wondered what happens when global elites pat themselves on the back for saving the planet—while jetting in on private planes and gorging on burgers—welcome to COP30 in Belem, Brazil! As a veteran of these UN climate shindigs (that's 27 since the '90s, back when Al Gore was still pretending to invent the internet), I can tell you this one's already shaping up as the most disorganized one yet. They picked a sweltering hangar-turned-convention-center from the '90s and crammed 50,000 virtue-signalers into one sweatbox, actually called the “Hanger Convention Center”—and it's living up to every low expectation.
The CFACT crew rolled up to the Hangar Convention Center this morning, and the first sight? A hulking (what reminded me of a Soviet-era armored vehicle) flanked by a few soldiers not far away. They didn’t seem intimidating … actually, most were scanning their iPhones. But it did seem a bit out of place and made me wonder if the organizers were bracing for a peasant revolt. Silly, really.
Getting credentialed? A nightmare straight out of a government efficiency handbook—if there were such a thing. The lines snaked longer than a D.C. filibuster, in a hangar that could double as a sauna at times. I've queued up at Kyoto, Paris, etc, but this took the cake for sheer incompetence. Why on earth did they greenlight Belem for a mega-UN summit? Probably the same geniuses who thought carbon credits could replace common sense.
Once we finally breached the gates, the China Pavilion greeted us like a red-carpet splash – eye-catching and humming with that quiet confidence only an arrogant superpower like China might muster. It was buzzing like the old EF Hutton ads: "When China talks, people listen." And boy, do they. In this left-of-center echo chamber, Beijing's the 800-pound gorilla whispering sweet nothings about "cooperation" while cranking out coal plants at the rate of one or two per week.
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Colorado Seeks to Extend Life of Major Coal Plant
Colorado officials submitted a proposal Monday to extend the life of a major coal unit in a bid to prevent electricity prices from spiking.
One of two generating units at Comanche generating station is scheduled to retire at the end of this year, as part of a long-agreed plan to phase out coal from Colorado’s electricity mix. But state officials are now seeking a one-year extension for the unit, after another turbine at the massive coal facility outside Pueblo suffered extensive damage.
Colorado likely could purchase electricity on the wholesale power market to replace the lost generation, but keeping Comanche 2 open will insulate consumers against potential price spikes, particularly in winter, said Colorado Energy Office Executive Director Will Toor.
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Reliability is a "Five-Alarm Fire"
Rising electricity prices and their impact on the economy and ballot box have become front page issues. However, the nation’s teetering grid reliability is the crisis we must not ignore. With power demand surging, and utilities struggling to get new infrastructure and dispatchable generation onto the grid, alarm over the state of the nation’s power supply is as high as ever.
Last week, Jim Robb, president of the North American Electricity Reliability Corp., the nation’s reliability watchdog, called the nation’s grid reliability a “five-alarm fire.” Robb, addressing at a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) technical conference, said that while reliability appears strong on paper today, an increasing number of small-scale events and near misses are reinforcing how tenuous the situation has become.
Robb cited dwindling resource adequacy, extreme weather, interdependency with the overstretched natural gas system, huge new power demand and challenges to site and permit needed infrastructure, among other issues, as driving concern. His remarks were echoed by several FERC commissioners, including David Rosner, who said, “I see our grid as needing every single megawatt, every single electron and every single molecule we can get to meet demand on those peak days and peak hours.”
Peak demand – both in the summer and winter months – continues to push grids across the country to their very limits. Just a few weeks ago, former FERC Chairman Mark Christie warned, “The reliability threat is not on the future horizon. It is actually here now.”
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