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.
On the very day of the televised leaders debate for the 2017 BC Election, Premier Christy Clark has suddenly found a reason to ask Prime Minister Trudeau to
ban thermal coal exports from BC ports.
Platts» coal team assesses the current state of the
US thermal coal export market and the prospects for US suppliers in the heavily supplied European and Asian markets in 2013.
Records from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority show that 94 per cent of the 6.6 - million tonnes of
thermal coal exported through the Port of Vancouver in 2016 came from the United States.
From Kinder Morgan to
U.S. thermal coal exports to democratic renewal, tune in to find out what opportunities we see for British Columbia in 2018.
Jaime Concha and Jacqueline Holman, associate editors for Platts International Coal Report, discuss how
US thermal coal exports are bearing down on the Atlantic and Pacific seaborne coal markets.
The Canadian Press has learned that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will notify B.C. Premier Christy Clark that he is seriously considering her request for a ban or a tax
on thermal coal exports, and that it's being explored by federal trade officials.
China's new coal importation policies are affecting Australia's
thermal coal exports, but there is some silver lining for thermal coal from Down Under.