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Thursday, 15 July 21
IN 2020, U.S. COAL PRODUCTION FELL TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1965 - EIA
 U.S. coal production totaled 535 million short tons (MMst) in 2020, a 24% decrease from the 706 MMst mined in 2019 and the lowest level of coal production in the United States in any year since 1965.
The decline of U.S. coal production in 2020 was largely the result of less demand for coal internationally and less U.S. electric power sector demand for coal. Lower natural gas prices made coal less competitive for power generation. U.S. coal-fired generation fell 20% from 2019. Natural gas prices started 2020 relatively low because mild winter weather led to less natural gas demand for space heating, and prices remained low as the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic reduced both natural gas production and consumption.
U.S. coal exports were 26% lower in 2020 than they were in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic slowed global demand for coal, and some U.S. coal mines were idled for extended periods to slow the spread of the virus among workers. Coal exports decreased significantly in April 2020 as the United States and countries around the world responded to the pandemic.
The Clean Air Act of 1970 restricted sulfur emissions from new coal-fired power plants. One way for coal plants to meet the emissions regulations was to use subbituminous coal, which has a lower sulfur content than other coal types. This change, along with the oil shortages and the resulting high oil prices of the 1970s that made coal more economical, contributed to the expansion of mining and the development of large, open-pit coal mines in the Powder River Basin (located in Northeast Wyoming and Southeast Montana), where the majority of subbituminous coal in the United States is found. One of the largest U.S. coal-producing mines by volume, Black Thunder, opened in Wyoming in 1977. Today, the Powder River Basin accounts for approximately 43% of all coal produced in the United States.
More coal is produced in Wyoming, representing 41% of U.S. coal production (219 MMst) in 2020, than in any other state. Coal production in Wyoming was 21% lower in 2020 than it was in 2019.
Coal production in West Virginia, the state with the second-most coal output, fell by an even larger share than Wyoming in 2020, declining 28% from 2019. West Virginia is a primary producer of metallurgical coal, which is used to produce coke, the primary fuel for steelmaking. U.S. metallurgical coal exports dropped 20% in 2020.
Coal production stopped after the first quarter of 2020 in Oklahoma and Tennessee.
We estimate weekly coal production using coal railcar loadings. So far in 2021, weekly coal railcar loadings have been trending higher than 2020 levels, and the most recent year-to-date coal railcar loadings are up 9.5% compared with 2020.
We expect these increases in production to continue for the remainder of 2021. In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that U.S. coal production will increase by 15% in 2021, driven primarily by rising electricity demand, and U.S. exports will increase by 21%, driven by rising demand for steam coal in Europe and Asia.
Principal contributor: Rosalyn Berry
Source: EIA
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Thursday, 27 January 22
2022 - A YEAR OF REBALANCING FOR METALS AND MINING - WOOD MACKENZIE
If 2021 was the year of rebound for metals and mining (M&M) commodities, then 2022 is shaping as the year of rebalance, says Wood Mackenzie, a ...
Wednesday, 26 January 22
MARKET INSIGHT - INTERMODAL
While it is logical that most of the S&P reports of the first weeks of the year are linked to very limited activity as reflected in the weekly ...
Wednesday, 26 January 22
INDONESIA: DME PROJECT IS ECONOMICALLY VIABLE AS STUDY DEMONSTRATES
The government is encouraging downstream coal processing or increase in coal added value, for example by turning coal into Dimethyl Ether (DME) to ...
Wednesday, 26 January 22
COMMODITY PRICES COULD SOAR IF THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS ESCALATES - ING
It appears that a number of commodity markets are starting to at least price in some geopolitical risk around the growing tension between Russia an ...
Wednesday, 26 January 22
INDONESIA'S COAL BAN SENDS PRICES SOARING, OTHER EXPORTERS FAIL TO STEP UP - REUTERS
Indonesia’s short-lived ban on exporting coal has sent ructions through the seaborne market for the fuel in Asia, with the fallout likely to ...
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- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Australian Coal Association
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- White Energy Company Limited
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Planning Commission, India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- PTC India Limited - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- The University of Queensland
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
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