June 28 (Reuters) - Dave Steinberg often feels like one of the last remaining bulls in the tumbling U.S. coal market, and even he struggles to put a happy face on the industry. Coal stocks "have been terrible," said Steinberg, a managing partner at Chicago-based DLS Capital Management, which oversees $350 million in assets and owns positions in coal producers such as Peabody Energy Corp, Arch Coal Inc and Alpha Natural Resources. Each stock had fallen more than 40 percent for the year at Thursday's close, and was down at least 24 percent this month, to levels Steinberg calls "absurd." All told, Steinberg has lost "more than I would like to admit," he said. "I've been in the business for 30...
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