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In Appalachia, Coal Struggles to Compete With Natural Gas
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Tags: United States, Oil & Gas,
Marcellus Shale natural gas prices are monthly average of $2.80 per million BTU compared to benchmark U.S. prices for natural gas of $3.61 in Nov. 2013. The low prices of natural gas are leading to closing of more coal powered plants in the Pennsylvania, and W. Virgina, where a glut of natural gas is developing with few pipelines in the region. For the U.S. coal lost market share down to 37% in 2012 from about 50% of the electricity generated in the U.S. Over 100 coal burning generators were closed in the U.S. since 2011 because of lower natural gas prices and the federal government's stricter pollution limits for power plants.
China's steel making industry and the coal mining industry of the Appalachian region in the U.S.
09/27/2012
Between 2004-2011 China's steel making industry expanded rapidly leading to huge demand for metallurgical coal from the Appalachian region. In 2012 prices have dropped about 50% to $170 a ton for met coal, leading to layoffs and closing of mining operations. Patriot Coal of St. Louis filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012.
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