Insight
North American coal markets: contracting and deliveries in 2018
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Report summary
Market expectations for coal demand in 2018 remain neutral. Deliveries in January 2018 totalled 50.3 Mst (2.5 bcfde), a decline of 12% compared with the previous January. Spot deliveries totalled 5.8 Mst (0.3 bcfde), while 44.4 Mst (2.2 bcfde) was delivered under contractual agreements. Deliveries via contracts that expire sometime in 2018, totalled 28.3 Mst (1.5 bcfde), a decline of 22% compared with January 2017.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Coal deliveries in 2017
- Coal deliveries in January 2018
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Expected coal deliveries in 2018
- Contracting levels versus spot deliveries
- Value of coal deliveries
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Natural gas price volatility and coal stocks (US$/mmbtu or Mst)Reported deliveries by basin (Mst)Coal deliveries to EGUs by contract type and length (Mst)
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Commodity cost of coal deliveries to EGUs (US$/st)Trends of mine margin (US$/st)Delivered price of coal versus natural gas (nominal US$/mmbtu)Coal deliveries to EGUs by contract type and length (%)
What's included
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