Sentences with phrase «new coal ports»

That's what the coal companies know, and that's why they want to build new coal ports in Washington.

If without new coal ports less PRB coal makes it to Asia and dirtier coal is burned instead.

Whoopee, a new coal port when solar power is now shutting down coal / electric plants.

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Even without the environmental drive, new railways from mines to ports, falling investment in coal - fired generation and slowing power demand growth could see China's miners export some of their surplus output at competitive prices, hitting regional miners and the viability of new projects.

Those existing ports include Abbot Point, where India's Adani Group and compatriot GVK plan a huge coal terminal expansion, and Gladstone, where ship traffic is set to increase sharply from 2015 as huge new liquefied natural gas plants start exports.

(Related: «Seeking a Pacific Northwest Gateway for U.S. Coal») Those new ports would allow easier transport of the abundant coal of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, which is especially well suited for generating electricCoal») Those new ports would allow easier transport of the abundant coal of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, which is especially well suited for generating electriccoal of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, which is especially well suited for generating electricity.

Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG), partly owned by BHP Billiton Ltd., completed financing for a A$ 900 million ($ 824 million) expansion of a coal terminal at the port in Australia's New South Wales stCoal Infrastructure Group (NCIG), partly owned by BHP Billiton Ltd., completed financing for a A$ 900 million ($ 824 million) expansion of a coal terminal at the port in Australia's New South Wales stcoal terminal at the port in Australia's New South Wales state.

Plans to ship coal 1,500 miles by rail to five planned new ports in the Pacific Northwest and Canada face intense environmental opposition.

Deploying additional capital expenditure into high cost production is risky, especially for new mines, which typically require expensive new rail infrastructure and port facilities to get coal to market.

A new port planned for north of the city would ramp up rail traffic as coal would be hauled through here nine times daily from Wyoming and Montana for a seaward journey to Asia.

As many as 18 new freight trains per day would run back and forth from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana to carry coal to the new port.

Environmental groups will be there to oppose the port, noting that policies in both states effectively block new coal - fired plants and that both have plans to close the few that remain.

The United States now ships coal to China via Canada, but coal companies are scouting for new loading ports in Washington State.