Investigation of the Virginia coal industry: Production, transportation, marketing: Final technical report, 9/10/85 thru 12/9/86

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6674030

Hibbard, Jr, W R

The Virginia coal industry faces many problems. In our first study of the coal industry's infrastructure, it was determined that (1) except for 4 locations, each Virginia coal mine is served by a single railroad; (2) each coal consumer in the state is served by a single railroad; (3) coal's delivered cost was the most important factor in determining market share, and (4) Virginia faces excess coal-producing capacity and depressed coal prices (due to a depressed steel industry, foreign export competition, lower mine mouth costs at eastern Kentucky coal mines, and lower transportation costs for coal from West Virginia mines). In our second study, of coal's utility markets, it was determined that Virginia mines supplied only 16% of the coal burned by the 37 utility plants and 20 utilities purchasing coal from the state. In fact, only 12 of these plants purchased most of their coal from Virginia. This study investigated production, transportation, and markets for Virginia coal and prospects for future trends.

• Research Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg (USA). Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-85PC81406
• OSTI ID: 6674030
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/81406-T2; ON: DE87006661
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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