The U.S. Coal Industry: Challenging Transitions in the 21st Century
White Paper, September 2016
This 2016 report analyzes market trends in the US coal industry, with attention to both market forces and regulatory drivers of change affecting the supply and demand for US-produced coal. The report also discusses various impacts and outcomes of these trends, not only for the coal industry but also for the financial status of various coal companies, for coal-mining jobs and workers, for coal production trends in various regions of the US, for generation mixes in the power market, and for power-sector emissions.