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Preliminary evaluation of the potential of Coal as a commodity to be traded on United States Commodity Exchanges

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6873607

A feasibility study of trading coal on commodity exchanges concludes that this is a reasonable possibility and recommends further detailed study. The commodities that are being traded meet the following requirements: They can be standardized; a suitable unit of trading exists or can be established; a sizeable pool of buyers and sellers exists; conditions causing uncertainty of supply and demand affect the commodity; the commodity is deliverable; and the commodity can be stored. Possible benefits to the exchange, procedures, buyers, labor, government and the public are discussed. (LTN)

Research Organization:
Federal Energy Administration, Washington, D.C. (USA)
OSTI ID:
6873607
Report Number(s):
FEA-306-G
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English