• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Jim Thompson

S&P Global

Executive Director, Coal, Energy

Jim Thompson, Executive Director, Coal, Energy, S&P Global, has analyzed and provided insight on coal markets for more than three decades. Mr. Thompson’s major area of expertise is the North American coal markets, and he is conversant on worldwide market trends. Mr. Thompson’s expertise is in both thermal coal for electricity production and metallurgical coal for use in the steelmaking process. He is widely quoted in major financial newspapers and speaks at multiple industry-related conferences. Mr. Thompson has performed coal market consultations for both coal producers and consumers and for financial analysts and investors. He joined S&P Global through its acquisition of IHS Markit. Prior to that, Mr. Thompson joined IHS Markit as a part of its acquisition of Energy Publishing, of which he was a Co-Founder. Mr. Thompson was educated at Dallas Baptist University.

Sessions With Jim Thompson

Thursday, 21 March

  • 11:55am - 12:45pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 04:55 pm - 21/mar/2024 05:45 pm

    Global Coal: Affordability, energy security and sustainability
    Power/Clean Power

    The global coal industry sits at the crossroads of the world’s need to deliver affordable electricity while also reducing emissions. The industry has seen market volatility, big shifts in demand and stagnating supply sources even as global coal consumption has risen to new highs. How can the industry maximize reliability, affordability and availability of coal supplies? What is coal’s role in the energy transition? How can the industry sustain a viable, dependable marketplace during a time of global energy transition?  

  • 04:05pm - 04:45pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 09:05 pm - 21/mar/2024 09:45 pm

    The Future of Coal
    Power/Clean Power

    Even as global coal consumption has reached all-time highs, the industry is challenged by capital availability, demand volatility, supply constraints and forecasts of eventual demand stagnation and decline. How can coal maintain its role as a critical energy source in much of the world while responding to a unique and complex set of circumstances? Will the sector be able to navigate a path through the energy transition?