Coal Market Service North America 2021 outlook to 2050

The next few years will see a rally in coal demand and prices. A recovering economy – likely heading into a commodity supercycle – and higher gas prices will boost coal demand this year and next, but the winds of change are increasing to gale force as the nation embraces swifter decarbonisation. While the way forward to sweeping climate change legislation on a national level remains muddled, smaller incremental changes will usher in the demise of the US domestic thermal coal market.