Colombian coal in the U.S.

摘要

Cerrejon Coal's Coal Marketing President Howard Gatiss said he expect Cerrejon to expand its production by 1.0 million tonnes this year, going from 31.0 to 32.0 million tonnes, but little of the new volume will be marketed to U.S. utilities. Gatiss made the remarks at the American Coal Council's Spring Coal Forum in Tennessee earlier this month. While historically Cerrejon has concentrated its marketing efforts on "low hanging fruit" in the United States -coastal utilities in the southeastern U.S. - in the future Gatiss welcomes the opportunity to market Cerrejon coal to inland utilities that can receive coal via the Gulf of Mexico, by rail or barged up the Mississippi River.