©2015 Bloomberg News NWYFHX6JIJUY (Bloomberg) — American coal producer Cloud Peak Energy Inc. has agreed to pay quarterly fees to a Canadian port owner to avoid sending more exports abroad amid a slump in Asian demand and a stronger U.S. dollar. Cloud Peak Energy is making the payments to Westshore
©2015 Bloomberg News NOKM5S6KLVR7 (Bloomberg) — Chinese hedge funds are helping drive a commodity derivatives trading boom in the world’s biggest energy, grains and metals consumer that’s defying the worst economic growth in 25 years. Trading volumes across on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, China’s biggest commodities bourse, surged 31 percent