Feature: US Gulf of Mexico thermal coal exports set to double on year

Feature: US Gulf of Mexico thermal coal exports set to double on year

Thermal coal exports through the US Gulf of Mexico are set to double two years in a row, producing the largest jumps in exports from any US region in the same period. Coal through the Gulf in the first eight months of the year came to over 12.1 million mt, up 94.2% compared with over […]

US coal exports climb for 22nd straight month

US coal exports rose for a 22nd straight month on steady Asian and European thermal coal demand. Shipments from US ports climbed to a little over 10mn short tons (9.12mn metric tonnes) from 8.59mn st a year earlier. On a year-to-date basis, exports rose to 77.7mn st from 60.1mn st. That kept 2018 on track […]

US coal exports on track for second highest year behind 2012: Census data

US coal exports totaled 9.1 million mt in August, up 5.5% from July and up 17.3% from the year-ago month, according to US Census data released Friday. Through August, US coal exports total 70.5 million mt, up 29.8% compared with the same period last year, while exports on an annualized basis would total 105.7 million […]

US COAL USE HITS 35-YEAR LOW, BUT EXPORTS ARE BOOMING

Foreign markets are lining up to purchase American coal by widening amounts as U.S. coal consumption reaches its lowest level in more than three decades. Power plants’ consumption of coal dropped to 298 million short tons in the first half of 2018, a sharp fall from 312 million in the same period last year, according […]

U.S. Coking Coal Cxports Surge

US coking coal exports rose by 22.6pc year on year to 36.6mn short tonnes (st) (33.2mn metric tonnes) in January-July, in part fuelled by a 133.2pc jump in volumes to India (see table). Overall exports slipped in July on a month on month basis, but were comfortably up by 12.8pc year on year at 4.8mn […]

Asia continues to lead U.S. thermal coal exports

Asia remained the top destination for US thermal coal for a ninth straight month in July. Steam coal shipments destined for Asia grew to 1.86mn short tons (1.69mn metric tonnes) from 1.39mn st in July 2017, according to figures released today from the US Census Bureau. That accounted for nearly 39pc of total US thermal […]

Coal exports should grow, but uncertainties linger

The US coal export market is expected to stay strong through next year, but shifting international dynamics and domestic logistics hiccups could upset the outlook. New coal power plants outside the US, along with infrastructure constraints and domestic sales quotas in some countries, are helping to keep the worldwide supply and demand balance tight, coal […]

U.S. coal exports again move higher in June: Census data

Houston — US coal exports totaled 9.2 million mt in June, up 5.1% from May and up 38.6% from the year-ago month, according to US Census data out Friday.   Relatively high seaborne prices for both metallurgical and thermal coal, in addition to a possible ban on petcoke in India, have opened the door for US […]

U.S. coal exports continue rise

US coal exports rose by 38pc on the year in June, marking the 20th straight month of gains for US producers shipping abroad. International coal shipments from the US totaled 10.1mn short tons (9.16mn metric tonnes) in the month, up from 7.3mn st in June 2017. That topped May’s 9.65mn st in exports, but was […]

Trump’s Making U.S. Coal Exports the Greatest They’ve Ever Been

High-energy-content fuel proving popular as prices jump U.S. climate critic India biggest importer of its coal U.S. exports of coal used by power stations are set to hit a record this year on increased global demand for the nation’s high-energy-content fuel. Steam-coal shipments will probably jump 58 percent to 58 million metric tons this year, […]