Amid coal market glut, two new mines being readied in Alaska

摘要

Alaskan coal developers are securing permits fornew export projects, with plans to be prepared when Pacific marketspick up, including one project planned by PacRim Coal, owned by theTexas-based Bass-Hunt. The project is for a new surface mine on the west side of CookInlet, in southcentral Alaska, capable of producing and exporting 12million st/year of subbituminous coal, said PacRim’s Alaska manager,Dan Graham, said in an interview.