By Ed Crooks and Javier Blas, Financial Times, and Jeff Gerth, ProPublica This story was co-published with The Financial Times. When Gunvor, one of the world's largest energy traders, invested $400 million in a troubled Montana coal mine, it looked like a promising deal. The plan was to sell much of the coal to the booming Asian market,
Lump Of Coal: Promising Mine Deal Hits Headwinds
By Ed Crooks and Javier Blas, Financial Times, and Jeff Gerth, ProPublica This story was co-published with The Financial Times. When Gunvor, one of the world’s largest energy traders, invested $400 million in a troubled Montana coal mine, it looked like a promising deal. The plan was to sell much of the coal to the […]
By Jeff Gerth
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