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" The Coal Industry. "
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BL
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961548
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b715918
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| Main Entry
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Kernot, Charles
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| Title & Author
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The Coal Industry.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: Woodhead Pub., Jan. 2000Flemington :: Whitehurst & Clark [distributor]
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| Series Statement
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International Trade Ser.
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1 online resource (200 pages): illustrations.
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| ISBN
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1855731053
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: 9781855731059
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| Contents
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- PART 1: DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY -- 1 Coal from the earliest times -- 1.1 The early days -- 1.2 How coal was mined -- 1.3 Costs and capital -- 1.4 Transport -- 1.5 The social cost -- 1.6 The start of unionism -- 2 International discoveries -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Australia -- 2.3 Bulgaria -- 2.4 China -- 2.5 Hungary -- 2.6 Indonesia -- 2.7 Poland -- 2.8 South Africa -- 2.9 United States of America -- PART 2: WHERE COAL COMES FROM -- 3 What is coal? -- 3.1 A fossil fuel -- 3.2 Coal classification -- 3.3 Composition and impurities -- 3.4 Energy content -- 3.5 Proximate analysis -- 3.6 Ultimate analysis -- 3.7 Coking coal -- 4 Exploration, mining and production -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Feasibility studies -- 4.3 Mining -- 4.4 Productivity -- 4.5 Total mining costs -- 4.6 Reclamation -- 5 Treatments and quality assurance -- 5.1 End product requirements -- 5.2 Sampling -- 5.3 Processing techniques -- 6 From mine to market -- 6.1 Transport logistics -- 6.2 Export ports -- 6.3 Shipping -- 6.4 Import ports -- PART 3: COAL USES -- 7 Coal, electricity and the environment -- 7.1 Who uses coal? -- 7.2 How a power plant works -- 7.3 Coal and the environment -- 7.4 Flue gas desulphurisation -- 7.5 Clean coal technology -- 7.6 Competition -- 7.7 Renewable competition -- 8 Coking, industrial and domestic coal -- 8.1 Coking coal -- 8.2 Iron-making -- 8.3 Other metallurgical coal uses -- 8.4 Industrial and domestic uses -- 8.5 Other industrial applications -- PART 4: SUPPLY/DEMAND, TRADE AND PRICES -- 9 World supply -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 World producers -- 10 World demand -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Areas of consumption -- 10.3 The three coal markets -- 10.4 Future demand -- 10.5 Steel industry outlook -- 10.6 Regional demand trends -- 11 International trade -- 11.1 A blessing or a curse? -- 11.2 International suppliers -- 11.3 International consumers -- 11.4 The traders -- 12 Coal pricing and hedging -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Contracts and pricing -- 12.3 International coal prices -- 12.4 Hedging -- 12.5 Outlook -- Appendix: Coal and shipping terms -- Bibliography.
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| Abstract
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The coal industry is the first publication to provide a comprehensive overview of the structure and workings of the international coal trade at the beginning of the 21st century, from exploration through to end-uses. It will be essential reading for all those involved in or new to the industry and for the financial advisory, analytical and investment community internationally.
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Coal trade.
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Coal trade.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.2/724
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HD31
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