Sentences with phrase «u.s. coal exports»

However, U.S. coal exports soared.

U.S. coal exports are largely concentrated in a few facilities, with the leading seven ports accounting for 94 % of U.S. exports.

About 75 % of U.S. coal exports were shipped to Europe and Asia in 2012, continuing the growth of the past few years with exports this year expected to reach an all - time high.

About two - thirds of U.S. coal exports are high - BTU metallurgical or «coking» coal used for steelmaking.

This year, U.S. coal exports are at their highest level since 1992, and analysts believe the figure would be larger if export routes were available.

U.S. coal exports have nearly tripled since 2006, adding to the heat - trapping pollution that accelerates global warming, even though domestic numbers show a decline.

Norfolk has consistently remained the largest export facility, servicing approximately one - third to one - half of U.S. coal exports since 2000.

Over 68 % of total U.S. coal exports in 2010 were coking coal, which is used in making iron and steel.

Despite falling Midwest exports, overall U.S. coal exports have been resurgent, reaching nearly 71 million tons in the first eight months of 2011 — the highest level in decades — driven by high global demand and significant weather disruptions of Australian coal exports.

As global coal suppliers recover, EIA expects U.S. coal exports, while remaining relatively high, to moderate over the course of the year.

U.S. coal exports averaged 56 million tons per year in the decade preceding 2011.

Total U.S. coal exports, including both steam and metallurgical (met) coal, were almost 13 million tons in June 2012, surpassing April's record - setting amount by 0.2 million tons.

This increase in exports marks a significant reversal from the general downward trajectory of U.S. coal exports beginning in the early 1990s, which bottomed out in 2002 just under 40 million tons, the lowest level since 1961.

While met coal has typically held a larger market share of U.S. exports than steam (its share remained relatively close to 55 % over a prolonged period), between 2009 and 2011 met coal averaged two - thirds of U.S. coal exports.

In the meantime, the Wall Street Journal recently reported on the explosive growth of U.S. coal exports to the EU, especially Britain and Germany.

Metallurgical coal dominates U.S. coal exports.

The project would ramp up potential U.S. coal exports to Asia from Washington state.

Metallurgical coal dominated U.S. coal exports in 2011 (see chart below); metallurgical coal exports totaled about 70 million short tons compared to about 38 million short tons for steam coal.

The project alone would boost U.S. coal exports by 40 percent.

The average price of U.S. coal exports during fourth — quarter 2017 was $ 90.59 per short ton.

Fourth — quarter 2017 U.S. coal exports (28.2 million short tons) increased 14.5 % from third — quarter 2017.

U.S. coal exports were up in 2011 as a result of supply disruptions in Australia, Indonesia, and Colombia in late 2010 and early 2011 and strong demand growth in Asia.

If they're all built, U.S. coal exports would more than double from today's levels, according to developers» projections and federal data.

It is not clear that the surge in U.S. coal exports will continue.

The U.S. government forecasters at EIA expect that U.S. coal exports will fall back to about 110 million tons per year over the next two years, due to economic weakness in Europe, falling international prices, and competition from other coal - exporting countries.

It saw a surge of activity last year as U.S. coal exports increased 17 percent to set a new record.

U.S. coal exports, if they scale, will more likely than not displace coal with different price, heat, and pollution attributes in Asian markets.

«On top of all that, U.S. coal exports fell 23 percent in 2015, the third consecutive year of declines,» Feaster said.

The EIA says U.S. coal exports were more than 115 million tons in 2012, more than double the 2009 figure.

As U.S. domestic demand for coal decreases, the pressure to expand U.S. coal exports increases.

U.S. coal exports to Asian countries have tripled since 2009.

U.S. coal exports fell 24 percent overall in 2015 and have fallen another 32 percent through the first half of 2016.

Fourth — quarter 2017 U.S. coal exports (28.2 million short tons) increased 14.5 % from third — quarter 2017.

The average price of U.S. coal exports during fourth — quarter 2017 was $ 90.59 per short ton.

Lower expected global demand for U.S. coal exports in 2018 and 2019 also contributes to the forecast of lower coal production.

U.S. coal exports to Asia have also risen in recent months as ailing U.S. mining companies search for alternatives to the weak domestic market.

In a near mirror image of 2010, steam exports are now driving U.S. coal export growth, accounting for 95 % of the annualized 2012 export increase — pushing coal exports to likely reach their highest level on record this year.

Not exact matches

U.S. authorities have repeatedly targeted companies and individuals from the Chinese city of Dandong, which borders North Korea, in a bid to cut off Pyongyang's major export revenue from selling natural resources, such as coal.

They've argued that coal dust coming off the trains would harm local air quality and that exporting the coal negates U.S. reductions in carbon emissions.

Researcher Clark Williams - Derry said it is difficult to underestimate the impact a ban on thermal coal exports would have for the coal industry in the western U.S.

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The export of coal out of the U.S. is booming.

He noted that U.S. coal companies are already positioning themselves to boost exports, especially to energy - consumptive countries like China, as domestic demand for coal continues to drop off.

This pattern is already taking shape around the globe with U.S. and Australian coal companies coping with shrinking domestic markets by planning to export huge amounts of coal to India and China.

For the reduction to occur, U.S. plants would need to replace the exported coal with natural gas.

The European Union is by far the biggest customer for U.S. coal, with exports to the UK alone going up by about 70 percent in 2012.

Meanwhile, exports of U.S. coal jumped 31 percent from 2010 to 2011, from 81.7 million tons to 107.2 million tons, according to EIA.

Cheap U.S. coal The shale gas boom in the United States means record amounts of relatively cheap U.S. coal are now available for export.

Significant exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas could do two things — first, they would help to slow a shift back to coal in Europe and Japan.