These days, dividends don't make prices soar. It's the demand.
And with freezing tempuratures and full stimulus spending on infrastrature in China. Things are just beginning to heat up for coal-related commodity counter.

For those who are vested in SAR, here's a piece of re-assuring news:

Coal Price Forecast Raised at ANZ on Stronger Chinese Demand

Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Power-station coal price forecasts for this year were raised 19 percent by Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. on rising demand from China because of government stimulus measures and cold weather.

Australia’s fourth-biggest bank increased its contract coal price forecast for the year beginning April 1 to $95 a metric ton from $80, Melbourne-based head of commodity research, Mark Pervan, said in an e-mailed note today.

Freezing temperatures and snowfall have forced Beijing, Shanghai, and other regions in China to limit electricity use to guarantee power needed for heating. The country posted a record level of coal-fueled power generation in November because of energy-intensive government stimulus measures and the onset of the coldest winter in 60 years, Pervan said.

“The bulk of China’s coal mines are situated in the north where the heaviest snow storms have hit, considerably slowing a domestic coal supply response,” Pervan said. “Coal port stocks have slumped 18 percent in the past three weeks and domestic power stations are running at very low levels.”

Power-station coal prices at Australia’s Newcastle port, an Asian benchmark, climbed 13 percent to $95.61 a ton in the week ended Jan. 8, according to the globalCOAL NEWC Index. A cargo shipped out of the harbor reached $100 a ton, UBS AG said in a note last week.

Spot prices above $100 a ton suggest Xstrata Plc’s contract price settlement of $83 to $85 a ton with Tokyo Electric Power Co. for the year starting Jan. 1, may be a “conservative” guide for the contract price for the year beginning April 1, Pervan said.