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Thursday, 08 March 18
AVERAGE U.S. COAL MINING PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES AS PRODUCTION FALLS - EIA
 Coal mining productivity in the United States increased 26% over the past five years, reaching 6.8 tons per miner hour in 2017, up from 5.4 tons per miner hour in 2012, according to EIA’s Annual Coal Report and data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Coal productivity ranges significantly across production regions, with productivity in the Powder River Basin far exceeding productivity in the Interior and Appalachian regions.
U.S. coal mining productivity has increased despite mine closings and decreasing employment and production. Technology and process improvements have contributed to the increase in productivity, but a larger factor is the distribution of productivity across mines. The mines that are first to close during market downturns are often the ones with higher production costs and lower productivity, while more productive mines remain operating, increasing overall productivity.
An estimated 547 mines of the 1,229 mines operating in 2012 have since been closed or idled, accounting for a 45% decrease in operating mines. Miner hours worked declined 39% over the same period. U.S. coal production has also fallen, but to a lesser extent, decreasing from 1,016 million tons in 2012 to 774 million tons in 2017, a 24% drop.
During 2017, productivity ranged from 2.4 tons per miner-hour in Central and Southern Appalachia to 28.8 tons per miner-hour in the Powder River Basin (PRB). This wide range is a result of fundamental differences between the coal-producing regions, including the size of mines, coal seam geology, extraction technology, and coal types.
In 2017, there were 610 producing mines in the Appalachian and Illinois basins, where coal was mostly produced from underground mines with average seam thicknesses of up to six feet. The Powder River Basin has only 16 mines, but those mines produced 43% of the U.S. total in 2017. PRB mines are very large surface mines with average seam thickness of 65 feet, allowing for the use of larger mining equipment and resulting in greater productivity.
Although Appalachian and Interior coal basins are less productive than those in the Powder River Basin, Appalachian and Interior coals have other advantages. The coal produced in Appalachian and Interior basins has higher energy content, and the mines are located closer to many of the power plants and industrial facilities that consume coal.
After several years of declines, coal production and employment increased in 2017. According to data from MSHA, coal production in 2017 increased by an estimated 6%, and total labor hours rose by 7% from 2016 levels. These increases were driven in part by the stabilizing financial condition of producers that had been in bankruptcy proceedings during 2016 and by increasing export demand.
U.S. coal exports were 97 million tons in 2017, up from 60 million tons in 2016 and the highest level since 2014. Export markets were a destination for an estimated 13% of total U.S. coal production and about 30% of Appalachian and Illinois basin production in 2017.
Principal contributor: Fadi Shadid
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Tuesday, 20 February 18
INDIA: COAL IMPORT RISES BY 12 PER CENT TO 18 MILLION TONNES IN JANUARY - PTI
The country’s coal import increased by 12.4 per cent to 18.49 million tonnes (MT) in January, against 16.
44 MT in the same month of the ...
Monday, 19 February 18
JOINT INSURANCE - WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? - SKULD
KNOWLEDGE TO ELEVATE
It is neither controversial nor new to say that co-assureds under a joint insurance policy cannot claim against each othe ...
Friday, 16 February 18
U.S. WEEKLY COAL OUTPUT DOWN 4.5 PER CENT WEEK OVER WEEK, EIA DATA SHOWS
COALspot.com – U.S., the world’s second largest coal producers have produced approximately totaled an estimated 15.2 million short tons ...
Thursday, 15 February 18
INDIA: THERMAL POWER PLANTS UNDER STRESS ON RISING COAL, FREIGHT COSTS - BUSINESS STANDARD
Coal-based power plants are feeling the heat of spike in thermal grade coal prices and railway freight costs.
Prices of thermal grade coal sin ...
Wednesday, 14 February 18
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF? - IEA
This month’s OMR is abbreviated to allow time for us to complete our annual five-year outlook that will be published in our report Oil 2018 o ...
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- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Planning Commission, India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- PTC India Limited - India
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Australian Coal Association
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- White Energy Company Limited
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- The University of Queensland
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
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