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.
Steam
coal exports totaled 13.4 million short tons (36.9 % higher than third — quarter 2017.
Metallurgical
coal exports totaled 14.8 million short tons (0.4 % lower than third — quarter 2017).
Not exact matches
Exports to the United Kingdom (1.2 million short tons) and South Korea (0.9 million short tons), which together accounted for 22.4 % of total steam coal exports, were followed by lower levels to Germany, the Netherlands (a major trans - shipment port), and B
Exports to the United Kingdom (1.2 million short tons) and South Korea (0.9 million short tons), which together accounted for 22.4 % of
total steam
coal exports, were followed by lower levels to Germany, the Netherlands (a major trans - shipment port), and B
exports, were followed by lower levels to Germany, the Netherlands (a major trans - shipment port), and Belgium.
Total coal exports surpassed the five - year (2006 - 2010) fourth - quarter range, increasing by 32.6 % from fourth quarter 2010 and 6.6 % from the third quarter of 2011, to 27.7 million short tons.
The emissions from this
exported coal are currently equal to the
total emissions we produce here at home, and if government and industry get their way, these emissions will double again.
Thus, the NETL analysis concluded that there was little difference in the
total amount of life cycle climate pollution between «U.S. LNG
exports for power production in European and Asian markets... when compared to regional
coal extraction and consumption for power production.»
[deleted sentence] Indonesia's
coal exports account for between 70 and 80 percent of
total coal production, while the remainder is sold on the domestic market.
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.
Over 68 % of
total U.S.
coal exports in 2010 were coking
coal, which is used in making iron and steel.
Since 2010,
coal companies have pushed for a
total of six
coal export terminals for the Pacific Northwest.
In making the arguments about the
coal -
export impact you have to use a figure for the the increased
coal burning, not the
total coal burning.
Just a few years ago, six
coal export terminals
totaling nearly 150 million tons of
coal were threatening to turn our region into a dirty
coal chute to Asia.