US coal exports projected to grow, with caveats

摘要

The US coal export market is expected to stay strong through next year, but shifting international dynamics and domestic logistics hiccups could upset the outlook. New coal power plants outside the US, along with infra- structure constraints and domestic sales quotas in some coun- tries, are helping to keep the worldwide supply and demand balance tight, coal market participants said yesterday at the Coal Market Strategies Conference in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.