Sentences with phrase «coal exports since»

This is the highest level of quarterly coal exports since 1992, when exports were 27 million short tons.

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

Not exact matches

Almost all the coal shipped off Canada's West Coast since we began exporting coal to Asia in volume around 35 years ago has been metallurgical (or coking) coal mined in Canada.

The direct impact on listed companies may be limited as trade between China and its isolated northern neighbour has slowed substantially since the United Nations imposed a ban in September on North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood.

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously boosted sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke off funding for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, banning exports including coal, iron, lead, textiles and seafood, and capping imports of crude oil and refined petroleum products.

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

PCAST should have recommended that the president identify policies that could inhibit coal exports, since if there is one thing that's abundantly clear, it is that most of the remaining coal needs to stay in the ground.

Controlling coal exports would have real leverage, since many current estimates indicate that China could be running out of coal in the coming decades (see esp.

* The government insists that dealing with global warming is way down the priority list and since our economy is booming because of mineral exports (including heaps of coal don't you know) we should concentrate on that and not get too worried about the water situation.

Since Australia is reliant upon coal primarily for energy and for exports, it's pretty obvious who looks to lose - out if the climate scientists persuade the Australian Public about the scientific facts.

Despite a decline in U.S. coal production since 2008, dozens of new mines are still being proposed, some to replace declining production at existing mines and others to provide coal for growing exports.

New coal mines and gas wells are a particular concern since most, if not all, coal and gas from NEW extraction projects will be exported.

Here the focus is on coal exports rather than domestic use since the NMBI petition calls for bans on NEW fossil fuel extraction.

Since 70 % of extracted coal is currently exported, it seems almost inevitable that the coal from any new coal mines would be exported.

U.S. exports of coal have declined each year since 2012 and were about 60 million short tons in 2016, equal to about 8 % of U.S. coal production.

Exports of coking coal & used in steelmaking & rose to an estimated 55 million tons in 2010, up from the low of 22 million tons in 2002 and the highest level since 1991.

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.

Since the early 1990s, when the coal mining sector was reopened for foreign investment, Indonesia witnessed a robust increase in coal production, coal exports and domestic sales of coal.

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.

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.

«Coal exports have nearly doubled since 2009 to 107 million tons last year, now accounting for almost 12 percent of U.S. production.

Since 2010, coal companies have pushed for a total of six coal export terminals for the Pacific Northwest.

Since the country can no longer earn revenue from coal exports, it makes sense that it might put some coal to use generating electricity for a bitcoin mine.