Virginia metallurgical coal production and exports: a prospects update
This study attempts to identify and evaluate the various factors affecting the met coal market and provides an estimate delineating the Virginia market to the year 2000. It is projected to increase by up to 20 percent as low sulfur, low ash met coal is used as a replacement by electric utilities both here and abroad. This expansion could be further influenced by control regulations, resulting from the current reappraisal of the Clean Air Act, and a narrowed price differential between met and steam coal as an advanced steel-making technology reduces the requirement for coke. Other new markets include those for fine clean coal slurries (with oil, methanol or water) to replace fuel oil in commercial and utility boilers, and fine clean coal used as chemical feed stocks and to replace anthracite. These new (non metallurgical) markets for met coal could total 500 million tons by the year 2000.
- Research Organization:
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg
- OSTI ID:
- 6034658
- Journal Information:
- Mater. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: Mater. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 7:2; ISSN MSOCD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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