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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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Wednesday, 14 February 18
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - NASSOS SOULAKIS
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Monday, 12 February 18
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Saturday, 10 February 18
COAL INDIA ON PATH OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION GROWTH AND SUPPLY TO POWER AND NON POWER SECTOR - PIB
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OIL PRICE USD 100/BARREL BY END OF 2018! - SAROJ MOHAPATRA
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- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
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- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
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- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
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- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
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- Romanian Commodities Exchange
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- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
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- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
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- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
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- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
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- Planning Commission, India
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- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
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- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- White Energy Company Limited
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- VISA Power Limited - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
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- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
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- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
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- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
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- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
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- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
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- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
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- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Australian Coal Association
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- The University of Queensland
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
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