Couldnt find a thread that covered this one, so here goes.

Im adding it to my bisi coal shares as the Chinese and India Economic Industrialisation process gathers more pace. Coal prices are rising by the day and some of the contracts signed worldwide are twice what they were at this time last year. I do hear that there is a lot of news flow to come from WTN so this should move the price along upwards throughout the year.

There appears to be no stopping for WTN in Canada and on our own market.

Check out the the latest news on http://www.westerncoal.com as Western Canadian Coal Obtains Six-Year Purchase Commitment from POSCO and Western Canadian Coal Appoints BNP Paribas as Project Finance Advisor for Wolverine recently. Let's hope that this little gem will brighten spirits for all.

DYOR.

cheers GF.

Need some serious recovery on this one OracleDBA2004. A good start

Certainly requires more trading activity and news. A good start I feel with +10.83% rise. Hoping for more solid start next week.

Worth a read (a tad late though):

http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=664312005

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2005-06-16T161151Z_01_HO627595_RTRUKOC_0_MARKETS-BRITAIN-STOCKS.xml

The FTSE index had reached a low of just over 3300 in April 28th but now at standing at 3850 and has been solid throughout

Some further news but goes to show WTN's commitment in delivery to their customers:

Press Release Source: Western Canadian Coal Corp.


Western Canadian Coal Corp. provides update on closure of Highway 29 affecting road haul to load-out
Friday June 17, 3:07 pm ET
TSX: WTN and AIM: WTN


VANCOUVER, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Western Canadian Coal Corp. (TSX: WTN and AIM: WTN) (the "Company") announced today that it is continuing mining operations and shipping despite the temporary closure of Highway 29, approximately 5.5 km south of the Sukunka Road turnoff (28 km south of Chetwynd, British Columbia), due to a structural failure.
On or about 8 PM, June 13, 2005, approximately 350 metres of Highway 29, on which the Company transports coal to the Bullmoose load-out near Tumbler Ridge, was washed away. The BC Ministry of Transportation is looking to make the road passable in the short term. Initial indications by the Ministry are that a temporary road could be operational in approximately ten days.

"We have approximately 87,000 tonnes of coal stockpiled at the rail load- out and port, which provides sufficient inventory to ensure the Company continues shipping until mid-July 2005." said Gary Livingstone, President and CEO. "Ensuring a continuous supply to our customers is vital in establishing Western Canadian Coal as a significant coal producer. We have decided to continue trucking coal using Highways 97 and 52 as a detour until the Ministry can make Highway 29 passable. We are also continuing to look at other options to load our coal onto rail cars. At this time, we estimate that the additional cost of transporting our coal using the detour will be approximately $200,000 for the ten day period."

Forward-Looking Information

This release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements relate to the Company's expectations, intentions, plans and beliefs. As a result, actual future events or results could differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. Readers are referred to the documents filed by the Company on SEDAR. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to, changes in commodity prices; strengths of various economies; the effects of competition and pricing pressures; the oversupply of, or lack of demand for, the Company's products; currency and interest rate fluctuations; various events which could disrupt operations; the Company's ability to obtain additional funding on favourable terms, if at all; and the Company's ability to anticipate and manage the foregoing factors and risks. Additionally, statements related to the quantity or magnitude of coal deposits are deemed to be forward-looking statements. The reliability of such information is affected by, among other things, uncertainties involving geology of coal deposits; uncertainties of estimates of their size or composition; uncertainties of projections related to costs of production; the possibilities in delays in mining activities; changes in plans with respect to exploration, development projects or capital expenditures; and various other risks including those related to health, safety and environmental matters.



WESTERN CANADIAN COAL CORP.

"Gary K. Livingstone"

President and Chief Executive Officer


For further information please contact:

Gary K. Livingstone, President & CEO or Fausto Taddei, CFO & Corporate
Secretary, Western Canadian Coal Corp., 900 - 580 Hornby Street,
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3B6
Phone 604-608-2692
Fax 604-629-0075
Email info@westerncoal.com, www.westerncoal.com

A solid and information RNS. Give this gem time to nuture....

Western Canadian Coal Corp
21 June 2005


Western Canadian Coal Corp. Records
Fourth Quarter Operating Profit

Vancouver, B.C. June 21, 2005 - Western Canadian Coal Corp. (TSX: WTN and AIM:
WTN) ('WCCC' or the 'Company') is pleased to provide the following corporate and
operating update including a summary of results for the three and twelve months
ended March 31, 2005:

Fourth Quarter Highlights:

The Company earned an operating profit of C$1 million for the quarter
ended March 31, 2005 on the sale of 152,000 tonnes of pulverized coal
injection ('PCI') coal at an average price of C$74.65 (US$60.63) per tonne.


The Company settled pricing for its ultra low-volatile PCI for the year
commencing April 1 2005 at slightly more than US$100 per tonne, an increase
of US$40 per tonne on the average price per tonne recorded in the first
quarter.


WCCC has made application to the BC Government to amend its Dillon Mine
annual production limit from 240,000 tonnes per year to a monthly rate of
80,000 tonnes. Subject to receipt of the Dillon Mine amendment, the Company
would expect to produce and sell approximately 800,000 tonnes of ultra
low-volatile PCI coal for its first fully operational fiscal year ended
March 31, 2006.


Subsequent to quarter-end, WCCC received a BC Government Mines Act permit
for its Wolverine project and immediately began construction of a 2.4
million tonne per year coal preparation plant, rail load-out and related
facilities that are expected to cost C$180 million. The permit allows for
production of 1.6 million tonnes annually and in May the Company made
application to amend the permit to 2.4 million tonnes. The project is being
engineered for 3 million tonnes per annum.


In February, WCCC raised C$110.3 million in net proceeds through a
private placement of 18,852,460 units at a price of C$6.10 per unit. As at
March 31, 2005, the Company had a working capital surplus of C$119.4 million
compared to a working capital deficit of C$1.3 million as at March 31, 2004.


Subsequent to quarter-end, on April 19, 2005, the Company's shares
commenced trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange ('TSX') under the symbol
WTN.

Operations

The Burnt River Property:

The Burnt River property, within the Company's Brazion Group of properties,
incorporates the Dillon Mine and the proposed Brule mine project and is located
between Chetwynd and Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia.

Full-scale production from the Company's Dillon Mine during the quarter produced
approximately 284,000 tonnes, of which 152,000 tonnes was sold for aggregate
sales revenue of C$11.3 million.

The Dillon Mine produces ultra low-volatile PCI coal. The Dillon product is
mined and crushed and requires no washing prior to shipment. The Company has
made application to the BC Government to amend its annual production limit from
240,000 tonnes per calendar year to a monthly rate of 80,000 tonnes and a
decision is expected shortly.

During the quarter, the Company submitted the Brule Project Description report
to the BC Environmental Assessment Office. The application for the Environmental
Assessment (EA) Certificate is expected to be submitted by the third quarter of
2005. Should this certificate be granted, the Company envisages production of
PCI increasing to an annual rate of 2.0 million tonnes per year by 2009.

Reflecting the strong demand for ultra low-volatile PCI and the premium quality
of WCCC's product, the Company was successful in negotiating prices of in excess
of US$100 per tonne for the year commencing April 1, 2005, an increase of US$40
per tonne over the fourth quarter's prices. Cash flow generated from these sales
will be directed toward the development of Wolverine.

Customer response to the trial shipments has been positive and WCCC confirmed
POSCO's intention to proceed in finalizing one of two long-term purchase and
sale agreements for the supply of approximately 2.8 million tonnes of ultra
low-volatile PCI coal over six years. Coal prices under the agreement would be
negotiated annually prior to the start of each contract year. Trial PCI
shipments are continuing to several other important steel mills around the
world.

The Wolverine Group:

The Wolverine Group of properties covers the Perry Creek, EB and Hermann
deposits and is located 23 km west of Tumbler Ridge, BC. In January, the Company
received its EA certificate from the BC Government enabling the development of
this group of properties to proceed. The EA Certificate covers production of 1.6
million tonnes of clean metallurgical coal per annum over a projected 11-year
period. Subsequent to quarter end, the Company received its BC Government Mines
Act permit for Wolverine and immediately began construction of the C$180
million, 2.4 million tonne per year, coal preparation plant, rail load-out and
related facilities. In May 2005, application was made to amend the permit to
allow the Company to increase the Wolverine annual coal production from 1.6
million tonnes to 2.4 million tonnes.

Production from Wolverine will be hard coking coal, the international price for
which in the current financial year has been settled at around US$120 per tonne.

Drilling of the Hermann deposit will be carried out in the current year with a
view to bringing on this mining production to supplement that of Perry Creek and
enabling the Company to achieve its objective of producing 3 million tonnes of
metallurgical coal per annum at Wolverine, and 5 million tonnes company-wide by
2009.

WCCC and NEMI Joint Venture:

In March 2005, WCCC and NEMI Northern Energy and Mining Inc. ('NEMI') completed
the documentation to formalize the Belcourt Saxon Coal Limited Partnership. The
50-50 joint venture was formed to further explore and develop the Saxon and
Belcourt coal properties, also located in northeastern British Columbia. The
companies have committed a combined C$20 million to advance the properties to
feasibility. WCCC considers the Belcourt Saxon joint venture as a vehicle
through which it will continue to expand its production beyond 5 million tonnes
per annum. Initial studies center on determining the economics for the
development of a series of large scale mines. The pre-feasibility study is
expected to be complete by the third quarter of 2006.

Financial Summary - unaudited:

(In thousands of Canadian dollars, except per March 31, 2004
share data) March 31, 2005 (As restated)
--------------------------- ------------- -------------
Cash $ 115,186 $ 97
Other current 7,041 151
Inventory 8,831 -
Total Assets 149,802 2,042

Current liabilities 11,682 1,584
Long-term
liabilities 966 -
Shareholders' equity 137,154 144
------------- -------------

Three months Twelve Months
ending March ended
31, 2005
March 31, 2005
------------- -------------
Revenue $ 11,347 $ 11,347
Cost of goods sold 10,309 10,772
Operating profit 1,038 575
Other expenses 4,388 11,547
Net loss (3,350) (10,972)

Loss per share,
basic and fully
diluted $ (0.05) $ (0.22)
------------- -------------

Included in the above balances and results are the Company's proportionate share
of its interest in and results from the Belcourt Saxon joint venture, as
follows:

(In thousands of Canadian dollars) March 31, 2005
--------------------------- -------------
Cash $ 4,829
Due from the Company 3,000
Due from NEMI 2,000
Total Assets 10,908

Current liabilities 56
Equity 10,852


Three months and year
ended March 31, 2005
-------------

Expenses $ (74)
-------------



News Release

This news release is prepared as at June 21, 2005 and should be read in
conjunction with the Company's 2004 Annual Report and the audited financial
statements and notes contained therein, as well as the interim unaudited
financial statement and MD&A's for the three, six and nine months ended June 30,
September 30, and December 31, 2004. This news release does not constitute
Management's Discussion and Analysis as contemplated by relevant securities
rules. Western Canadian Coal Corp.'s 2005 Annual Report and MD&A will be
released at a later date in conjunction with its audited financial statements
for the year ended March 31, 2005 and will be available on SEDAR at

www.sedar.com
.

Revenue

The fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 marked the
commencement of commercial sales for the Company with the first ship loading at
Ridley Terminals on January 13, 2005. The Company realized production of
approximately 284,000 tonnes and FOB sales of 152,000 tonnes for total revenues
of C$11.3 million. The average selling price realized on the four trial
shipments made during this period was C$74.66 or US $60.93 at an average foreign
exchange rate of 1.2253. Selling prices during the quarter reflect commitments
made by the Company prior to commercial production based on spot prices of PCI
coal.

Cost of goods sold

Cost of goods sold during the three months ended totaled C$10.3 million or
C$67.83 per tonne with cost of goods sold for the year ended March 31, 2005
being slightly higher at C$10.8 million or C$70.88 per tonne. Cost of goods sold
include cost of product, transportation and other, and depletion, amortization
and accretion charges as presented in the table below:

(In thousands of 4th quarter 2005 $/tonne Fiscal Year 2005 $/tonne
Canadian dollars)
-------------------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------
Cost of
product $ 3,258 $ 21.44 $ 3,258 $ 21.44

Transportation
and other 6,140 40.40 6,140 40.40

Depletion,
amortization
and accretion 911 6.02 1,374 9.04

Total cost of
goods sold $ 10,309 $ 67.83 $ 10,772 $ 70.88
-------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------

Operating profit

Operating profit for the fourth quarter totaled C$1.0 million or 9.1% of fourth
quarter revenues and C$0.6 million or 5.0% of revenues for the year ended March
31, 2005.

Other expenses

Other expenses for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2005 amounted to C$4.4
million and C$11.5 million, respectively. Other expenses include general,
administration and selling costs, coal exploration expenses and other expenses/
(income) as presented in the table below:


(In thousands of Canadian dollars) 4th quarter Fiscal Year
2005 2005
-------------------------------- ------------- -------------

General,
administration
and selling $ 2,421 $ 6,703

Coal exploration (see change in
accounting policy below) 2,148 5,242

Other expense
(income) (181) (398)

Total other expenses $ 4,388 $ 11,547

--------------------------- ------------- -------------

General, administration and selling costs include non-cash charges for
stock-based compensation expense of C$0.6 million and C$1.9 million for the
quarter and year ended March 31, 2005, respectively.


Change in accounting policy

Accounting for exploration costs within the mining industry in Canada varies.
Junior mining companies generally capitalize all exploration costs, while more
mature companies typically expense such costs as incurred. With the commencement
of commercial production at Dillon on December 1, 2004, the Company transitioned
from a development stage company into a producing mining company. Accordingly,
the Company changed its accounting policy on exploration costs to that more
commonly used by operating mining companies, effective April 1, 2004, and
applied the new policy retroactively.

Exploration costs are charged to earnings in the period in which they are
incurred, except where these costs relate to specific properties for which
economically recoverable reserves have been established, in which case they are
capitalized. Upon commencement of commercial production, these capitalized costs
are charged to operations on a unit of production method based upon the proven
and probable coal reserves to which they relate. If the coal properties are
abandoned or otherwise impaired, the related capitalized costs are charged to
operations in the period in which the property becomes impaired or is abandoned.

Net loss

Net loss for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2005 was C$3.4 million and
C$11.0 million, respectively. The losses reflect operating profits of C$1.0
million and C$0.6 million for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2005,
respectively, offset by other expense of $4.4 million and $11.5 million,
respectively, as described above.

Forward-Looking Information

This release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve risks and
uncertainties. Such statements relate to the Company's expectations, intentions,
plans and beliefs. As a result, actual future events or results could differ
materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. Readers are
referred to the documents filed by the Company on SEDAR. Such risk factors
include, but are not limited to, changes in commodity prices; strengths of
various economies; the effects of competition and pricing pressures; the
oversupply of, or lack of demand for, the Company's products; currency and
interest rate fluctuations; various events which could disrupt operations; the
Company's ability to obtain additional funding on favourable terms, if at all;
and the Company's ability to anticipate and manage the foregoing factors and
risks. Additionally, statements related to the quantity or magnitude of coal
deposits are deemed to be forward-looking statements. The reliability of such
information is affected by, among other things, uncertainties involving geology
of coal deposits; uncertainties of estimates of their size or composition;
uncertainties of projections related to costs of production; the possibilities
in delays in mining activities; changes in plans with respect to exploration,
development projects or capital expenditures; and various other risks including
those related to health, safety and environmental matters.

WESTERN CANADIAN COAL CORP.

'Gary K. Livingstone'

President and Chief Executive Officer

For further information please contact:

Gary K. Livingstone, President & CEO or Fausto Taddei, CFO & Corporate Secretary,
Western Canadian Coal Corp., 900 - 580 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3B6
Phone 604-608-2692
Fax 604-629-0075
Email
info@westerncoal.com,

www.westerncoal.com



This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

Flying high in Canada as of 15:08PM Canadian time

Symbol Price $ Chng % Chng Volume Exchange*
WTN 3.850 +0.280 +7.84 959,270 T
WTN.WT 0.360 -0.040 -10.00 5,000 T

Hi WTN'ers

Guess the RNS was a good one as WTN in Canada finished at a high

Symbol Price $ Chng % Chng Volume
WTN 4.000 +0.430 +12.04 1,316,530 T
WTN.WT 0.400 +0.000 +0.00 27,100 T
WTN.WT 0.400 +0.000 +0.00 27,100 T

** had reached $4.09 earlier (approx. 15% rise) but profit taking took place. 12% increase is still very respectable

I know where my money will be going tomorrow :D As always DYOR....


Cheers,


CrazyDBA

Hi WTN'ers,

Surprise to see a large rise in WTN in UK on small trading activity:

Symbol Last Trade Change Volume
WTN.L 14:44 188.00 p +21.00 +12.57% 2,200

In addition, WTN finished higher overnight in Canada:

Symbol Price $ Chng % Chng Volume Exchange*
WTN 4.120 +0.120 +3.00 348,060 T
WTN.WT 0.450 +0.050 +12.50 12,900 T
WTN.WT 0.450 +0.050 +12.50 12,900 T

Let's see what tomorrow brings us dedicated followers...

Keep the faith and enjoy the ride back up to 2 and beyond.

Cheers,


OracleDBA2004

Forgot to add the following regarding trading activity for WTN:

Candlestick Analysis
Todays Candlestick Patterns:

White Marubozu
Bullish Kicking

Today a White Marubozu was formed. This shows that the buyers controlled the price action from the first trade to the last trade.

For more about this candlestick click here.

The last two candlesticks formed a Bullish Kicking Pattern . This is a bullish reversal pattern that marks a potential change in trend. Though it is highly reliable confirmation is still recommended.

As always DYOR....

Morning WTN'ers,

Good to see this gem currently up though a quick and sly move from the MM's

Symbol Last Trade Change Volume
WTN.L 9:28 192.00 p +4.00 +2.13% 600

As for the individual trades:
Time Price Quantity Type Bid Offer Buy/Sell Total Buy Total Sell Total Unknown
23/06/05 09:51 185.0 5,000 O 185.0 192.0 Sell 600 5,000 0
23/06/05 09:28 192.0 600 O 185.0 192.0 Buy 600 0

Watch this fly back to the 2 barrier....hopefully by COB


Cheers,


CrazyDBA

Here she goes again in Canada as of 10:03AM canada time

Symbol Price $ Chng % Chng Volume Exchange*
WTN 4.220 +0.100 +2.43 33,295 T
WTN.WT 0.430 -0.020 -4.44 4,000 T
WTN.WT 0.430 -0.020 -4.44 4,000 T

Morning all,

WTN currently down in UK:

Symbol Last Trade Change Volume
WTN.L 8:01 188.00 p -5.00 -2.59% 2,000 ---> represent a buy

Hope to see an gradual rise over the week, perhaps 2?

Cheers,


OracleDBA2004

Fellow investors and traders,

WTN kicked off higher as we speak....

Symbol Price $ Chng % Chng Volume Exchange*
WTN 3.850 +0.140 +3.77 12,500 T
WTN.WT 0.220 +0.000 +0.00 0 T
WTN.WT 0.220 +0.000 +0.00 0 T

....worth having a punt having been driven to lower levels over the past few weeks due to weakness in sector and lack of news.

Cheers,

OracleDBA2004

Afternoon WTN'ers,

Suddenly seeing some life in WTN as follows:

Time Price Quantity Type Bid Offer Buy/Sell Total Buy Total Sell Total Unknown
20/07/05 15:15 193.0 5,290 O 185.0 193.0 Buy 8,307 0 0
20/07/05 15:04 192.0 2,500 O 185.0 193.0 Buy 3,017 0 0
20/07/05 10:39 190.0 517 O 180.0 193.0 Buy 517 0

....as with CBM, WTN has started to make some ground but still underestimated in my opinion as this has shown to move to the 3 barrier previously.

Guess what......also currently flying high in Canada:

Symbol Price $ Chng % Chng Volume Exchange*
WTN 4.070 +0.160 +4.09 21,585 T
WTN.WT 0.270 +0.000 +0.00 0 T
WTN.WT 0.270 +0.000 +0.00 0 T

Worth a punt but as always DYOR....

Cheers,


OracleDBA2004

Morning peeps,

Good to see WTN finished higher overnight in Canada:

Symbol Price $ Chng % Chng Volume Exchange*
WTN 4.250 +0.340 +8.70 543,335 T
WTN.WT 0.270 +0.000 +0.00 0 T
WTN.WT 0.270 +0.000 +0.00 0 T

Here is the trade activity since July 1st 2005:

Date Close High Low Volume
Jul 20 4.250 4.340 3.950 543,300
Jul 19 3.910 3.910 3.710 679,300
Jul 18 3.700 3.800 3.650 219,300
Jul 15 3.850 3.900 3.800 46,800
Jul 14 3.870 3.890 3.850 54,800
Jul 13 3.850 3.900 3.790 172,300
Jul 12 3.800 3.880 3.800 101,300
Jul 11 3.800 3.950 3.800 87,900
Jul 08 3.850 3.920 3.820 73,200
Jul 07 3.710 3.830 3.700 146,500
Jul 06 3.870 3.990 3.870 44,100
Jul 05 3.940 3.970 3.810 36,500
Jul 04 3.770 3.800 3.700 51,900
Jul 01 3.670 3.670 3.670 0

** you can see that 18, 19 and 20th July volume of trades are above normal. Perhaps it's the turn of the tide for WTN?
Always DYOR...I hold...until near enough 3

Regards,


OracleDBA2004

Nearly up 2% in UK. Never late to take a plunge but always DYOR...

Up 3.45% in Canada and the following link would be of interest as referring WTN as 'strong buy'

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ao?s=WTN.TO

....won't be long before the news is digested by MM's in London. Come on, make a move.....up up up WTN

Currently up 4.3% in Canada...

WESTERN CANADIAN COAL CORP (Toronto:WTN.TO) Delayed quote data

Last Trade: 4.54
Trade Time: 10:19AM ET
Change: 0.19 (4.37%)
Prev Close: 4.35
Open: 4.38
Bid: 4.50
Ask: 4.54
1y Target Est: 8.26

Day's Range: 4.38 - 4.54
52wk Range: 1.38 - 6.88
Volume: 93,100
Avg Vol (3m): 174,885
Market Cap: N/A
P/E (ttm): N/A
EPS (ttm): 0.00
Div Yield (ttm): N/A (N/A)

Up 5.75% at the moment in Canada. When are the MM's in UK going to move the price

WTN flying high yesterday. Will it keep the momentum going...hope to see 2.50 GBP within sight shortly. Still worth a dab....

Still worth a dab at 2.20ish GBP as the recovery continues. It's medium-long term share. Not for the widows.

Excellent price to get into this gem of the year. As always DYOR and checkout www.westerncoal.com (newly designed website). Medium-to-long term and very stable growth.

are you crazy or a dba...? or do you have to be crazy to be a dba.. :)