The VanEck Vectors Coal ETF tracks a market - cap - weighted index of global coal transportation, equipment manufacturing, and clean coal production firms. (etf.com)
Distortion costs from government regulations: electricity price influence on coal price; lack of safety investment; under - compensation for deceased miners; low cost of land; low price of coal resources (in many cases, royalties have not been collected for a long time); cost of overloading coal transportation. (greenleapforward.com)
specifically barring the state's Transportation Commission from using public funds to subsidize projects that would help build new coal transportation facilities. (priceofoil.org)