Summary of coal export project

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6229848

Through its series of international coal conferences, public policy symposia and related activities, SSEB has called attention to the problems and prospects of the US coal industry in foreign markets. The series of dialogues between US and European representatives has provided an excellent forum for the frank discussion of impediments to the export of US coal. If coal is to achieve the vast potential that it holds for the South's economy, every effort must be made to promote this critical energy resource aggressively. US coal exports are expected to grow in the next ten years with most of the growth in the steam coal market. The high value of the US dollar, increased competition, expanded port capacity in other coal producing countries, and limited growth in demand for coal continues to limit the demand for US coal exports. These limiting factors suggest the US will remain the swing supplier of coal on the world market in the foreseeable future. The overall purpose of the US-European coal dialogue has been to delineate barriers to the export of US coal, and to foster a bilateral commitment to alleviate these impediments. A number of SSEB meetings with European coal representatives have resulted in firm commitments by all parties to examine solutions to these problems.

• Research Organization: Southern States Energy Board, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-83FE60294
• OSTI ID: 6229848
• Report Number(s): DOE/FE/60294-T1; ON: DE86003773
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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