Even under Trump, US coal giant plots a cautious comeback

Although US President Donald Trump is a big fan of coal, the country's biggest coal miner no longer expects to significantly boost coal output.
Photo: ritzau/Arkiv/Niels Hougaard
Photo: ritzau/Arkiv/Niels Hougaard
BY TIM LOH, BLOOMBERG

President Donald Trump has been offering coal companies everything under the sun – fewer regulations, more land to mine, a freer pass from concerns about climate change. The combination, he says, will put coal miners back to work.

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