International coal market - yesterday, today, tomorrow

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Stadelhofer, Juergen W. ^{[1
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[1] RAG Coal Int AG, Essen, Germany

来源：

Erzmetall: Journal for Exploration, Mining and Metallurgy | 2000年 / 53卷 / 10期

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Carbon dioxide - Energy resources - Energy utilization - Gas emissions - Industrial economics - International trade;

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摘要：

Coal currently covers about 25% of primary energy consumption in the world, a share that will remain about constant over the coming 20 years. In view of the expected increase of energy consumption, this means a significant rise of coal demand - by about 30% in 2020. The principal fields of application are the power and the steel industries. The share of coal in the production of electric power amounts in certain countries to more than 70% - in the USA 56%. Coal reserves in the world are adequate to cope with the expected increase in consumption. The importance of the international coal trade is growing. Both the steel and the power industries have potentials for reducing their CO2 emissions. Following the purchase of companies in both the USA and Australia, RAG has become one of the leading international coal companies, and is actively engaged in developing clean coal technologies, with a view to ensuring ecologic coal utilization in future.

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