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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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