Sentences with phrase «coal prices declined»

Illinois Basin coal prices declined just 5 %, partially offset by a 9 % increase in production because of robust demand for the low - cost, high - sulfur coal from the region.

Not exact matches

Its coal volumes have been falling for several years, and the combination of tougher environmental regulations and, in all probability, continued low natural - gas prices make it likely that the decline will persist.

Coal mining jobs are declining partly because low natural gas prices have cut coal's market share from 50 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2Coal mining jobs are declining partly because low natural gas prices have cut coal's market share from 50 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2coal's market share from 50 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2016.

Cele notes that, «the demand from China for iron - ore continues to grow, but at a declining pace, further exacerbating pricing pressure,» meaning that Vale's considerable investment in nickel, coal, fertilisers and copper will only partially mitigate the impact of the increase in iron - ore mining capacity globally on the company.

However, coal demand can continue to decline if natural gas prices stay low for a very long time allowing further replacement of coal - fired power plants with gas - fired ones.

Other things equal, subsequent declines in spot prices for iron ore and coking coal would, if sustained, see the terms of trade fall further over the next few quarters.

The biggest driver of lower carbon dioxide emissions has been declining natural gas prices, which has allowed the industry to replace coal - fired power plants economically with cleaner natural gas power plants — and without a costly regulatory mandate,» said Jeffrey J. Anderson, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy.

Stricter emissions requirements on coal - fired power plants, together with low natural gas prices, have contributed to a recent decline in the use of coal for electricity generation in the United States, she said.

The industry has faltered because of declining global demand and low natural gas prices, which have encouraged electric power companies to use gas instead of coal to generate electricity, said Ray Rasker, executive director of Headwaters Economics, an independent research group focusing on the economic implications of land management decisions in the West.

There was also a record decline in global coal production, driven by low prices globally and then mining controls in China, which saw coal markets rally.

The decline in coal - related emissions is due mainly to utilities using less coal for electricity generation as they burned more low - priced natural gas.

A decline in coal - fired electricity generation, due largely to historically low natural gas prices

Average minemouth steam coal prices also decline after 2020 and are 8 % and 10 % lower in 2025 and 2030, respectively in the Base Policy Case compared with the AEO2015 Reference case and then remain at least 8 % lower than the Reference case through 2040.

Recently, with natural gas prices declining and coal prices rising, dispatching natural gas generators in some parts of the country has become increasingly competitive with running coal generators.

Last year the Energy Information Administration noted that the «decline in coal - related emissions is due mainly to utilities using less coal for electricity generation as they burned more low - priced natural gas.»

The industry acknowledges the role that low natural gas prices have played in the decline of the coal sector, but insists that EPA regulations, especially the MATS rule, are the primary culprits.

This downward slope in price has continued to decline from 2014 to 2017 with more solar projects moving toward the global average coal and gas LCOE range.

The recent decline in the generation share of coal, and the concurrent rise in the share of natural gas, was mainly a market - driven response to lower natural gas prices that have made natural gas generation more economically attractive.

If it can be made cheaper than coal, the argument for coal use is diminished (not completely done away with, as coal prices will decline in response to reduced demand).

«To some degree, it looks like a lot of those reductions would have happened anyway, for simple reasons of economics,» including the declining price of low - sulfur coal, says legal scholar Lesley McAllister.

In Germany, coal demand declines even as nuclear power is progressively phased out, with coal use remaining highly sensitive to the relative prices of coal, natural gas and carbon dioxide (CO2).

Coal prices rose sharply, production and consumption went up, and the coal inventory was in sharp declCoal prices rose sharply, production and consumption went up, and the coal inventory was in sharp declcoal inventory was in sharp decline.

Competition between natural gas and coal for electric power generation drove price declines in the Appalachian and Powder River Basins (PRB), two key sources for thermal coal, through the summer.

For example, there was a rapid increase in US coal prices due to rising global demand before 2008, then a rapid fall after 2008 when global demands declined [23].

The decline in the use of coal is largely attributable to higher domestic carbon prices and the surge in renewables — in 2015, the carbon tax doubled to # 18 per tonne of CO2.

New coal and nuclear generation can not compete with «the very low price of natural gas and the efficiency of new natural gas plants,» as well as the declining price of renewable energy.

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Price decline is perhaps the biggest reason India is shelving its plans for new coal - based power plants.

This was in part due to steady declines in coal prices, which have declined by more than 50 percent since 2011, as well as an instance where local women and children formed a human blockade around its La Francia coal mine.

* First, it is supposed to mean the big decline in the world price of coal since the project began is not a problem.

It will be interesting whether, with the continued decline in the coal industry, AGL finds that the price may have been too high.

There's no question falling oil prices have played a big role in recent value declines, but as climate policy gathers momentum and new technologies, such as solar and energy storage, continue their trend of becoming more affordable and ubiquitous the medium - and long - term outlook, especially for coal and oil, looks grim.

Coal, which is in wide use for power generation in China, has always been cheaper than renewables, but the 40 - 60 percent decline in coal prices over the past few years hasn't dented growth in China's renewable energy business, he noCoal, which is in wide use for power generation in China, has always been cheaper than renewables, but the 40 - 60 percent decline in coal prices over the past few years hasn't dented growth in China's renewable energy business, he nocoal prices over the past few years hasn't dented growth in China's renewable energy business, he noted.

While the start of the Great Recession had something to do with it, new analysis from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences shows that, when it comes to reductions in emissions from electricity production, which dropped 8.76 % from 2008, cheaper natural gas prices were behind the decline, with natural gas displacing coal.

And while rising natural gas prices allowed coal generation to slightly increase its share of the power mix in the past two years, according to the report, the overall trend points toward coal's continued decline in the U.S.