The Coal Industry.

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 f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kernot, Charles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Flemington : Woodhead Pub. Whitehurst & Clark [distributor] Jan. 2000
Colección:International Trade Ser.
Temas:
Coal trade.
Charbon > Industrie.
Coal trade
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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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