Sunday 22 November 2015

Global thermal coal long-term outlook H1 2015

Coal consumption is under pressure. In developing economies, coal demand continues to grow but more slowly than in the past. In China, environmental policy, domestic protectionism, weaker economic growth and structural change in the economy caused the arrival of "peak coal" last year in coastal regions.

Meanwhile, western economies continue to transition away from coal. Seaborne providers are adapting. Low oil prices, mining productivity improvements  and FOREX changes are helping miners adapt.

[http://www.woodmac.com/reports/coal-global-thermal-coal-long-term-outlook-h1-2015-29372108]

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