The definitive study of coal
and its markets worldwide
The size and global reach of
the coal industry is unparalleled in the mining sector. Almost 500 million tonnes of coal
are shipped annually around the world at a traded value of around US$15bn, but the total
amount of coal mined each year amounts to some 3.8 billion tonnes. This puts the total
value of annual production at around US$100bn - far higher than the next most important
mined commodity, aluminium.
The Coal Industry provides an
in-depth overview of the international coal trade at the turn of the millennium. In 330
pages of clearly presented information, analysis and statistics, it brings the industry
into sharp focus - from productivity and power plants to growth prospects and global
warming.
Detailed data, authoritative
analysis
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The Coal Industry is
essential reading for industry executives, the financial community and government
policy-makers, as well as providing an excellent introduction and training resource for
new entrants to the industry.
About the author
Charles Kernot, head of
metals and mining research at BNP Paribas, has an honours degree in mining geology from
the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College. Since joining the City in 1985 he has
researched all areas of the metals and mining industry, specialising in the coal sector
and writing a book on the privatisation of British Coal in 1993. Prior to joining Paribas
in 1995 he was Head of International Mining Research at Credit Lyonnais Laing. He is also
a Member of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and of the Association of Mining
Analysts.
Contents
Part 1: The history of coal
Chapter
1: Coal from the earliest times
- Chapter 2: International
discoveries
Introduction Australia Bulgaria China Hungary Indonesia Poland South Africa
United States of America
Part
2: Where coal comes from
Chapter 3: What is coal?
A fossil fuel Coal classification Composition and impurities Energy content
Proximate analysis Ultimate analysis Coking coal
Chapter
4: Exploration, mining and production
Introduction
Feasibility studies Mining Productivity Total mining costs Reclamation
Chapter
5: Treatments and quality assurance
End
product requirements Sampling Processing techniques
Chapter
6: From mine to market
Chapter
7: Coal, electricity and the environment
Who
uses coal? How a power plant works Coal and the environment Flue gas desulphurisation
Clean coal technology Competition Renewable competition
Chapter 8: Coking, industrial and domestic coal
Coking
coal Iron making Other metallurgical coal uses Industrial and domestic uses
Part
4: Supply/demand, trade and prices Chapter 9: World supply
Introduction
Areas of consumption The three coal markets Future demand Steel industry outlook Regional
demand trends
Chapter
11: International trade
A
blessing or a curse? Coal market structure International suppliers International consumers
Future trade influences The traders
Chapter 12: Coal pricing and hedging
Appendix 1: Coal and shipping
terms
Bibliography
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