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Coal: United States

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Highlights
Industry Overview
Industry Size and Trends | Product Segmentation | Market Segmentation
Electricity Generation Overview | Production by Region | Trade
Regulatory Considerations

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Industry Forecasts
Market Environment | Product Forecasts | Market Forecasts

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Resources

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Industry Structure
Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Companies Cited
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Coal: United States

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope & Method

This report forecasts US coal production and consumption in short tons to 2017. Total
production is segmented by type in terms of:

sub-bituminous coal
bituminous coal
lignite and anthracite.

Total consumption is segmented by market as follows:

electric power
industrial and other.

To illustrate historical trends, total production and consumption are provided in annual
series from 2002 to 2012; the various segments are reported at five-year intervals for
2007 and 2012. Forecasts emanate from the identification and analysis of pertinent
statistical relationships and other historical trends/events as well as their expected
progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in quantities between reported
years of a given total or segment are typically provided in terms of five-year compound
annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity, forecasts are generally stated in
smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast year, such as demand is projected
to rise 3.2% annually through 2017. The result of any particular year over that period,
however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a smoothed, long-term trend, as
historical data typically illustrate.
Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided at five-year intervals with CAGRs for
the years corresponding to other reported figures. Other various topics, including
profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Sources
Coal: United States represents the synthesis and analysis of data from various primary,
secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

firms participating in the industry

government/public agencies
national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations
trade associations and their publications
the business and trade press
The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated January 2013 and

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the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

212111

1221

212112
212113
221112

Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface

Mining
Bituminous Coal Underground Mining
Anthracite Mining
Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation

1222
1231
4911

Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface

Mining
Bituminous Coal Underground Mining
Anthracite Mining
Electric Services (fossil fuel power
generation)

Copyright & Licensing

The full report is protected by copyright laws of the United States of America and
international treaties. The entire contents of the publication are copyrighted by The
Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Coal: United States

Table of Contents
Section

Page

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Industry Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Industry Size & Trends............................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | United States: Coal Production Trends, 2002-2012 ............................................................ 2
Chart 2 | United States: Coal Consumption Trends, 2002-2012 ........................................................ 3
Product Segmentation ............................................................................................................................. 4
Chart 3 | United States: Coal Production by Type, 2012 .................................................................... 4
Sub-Bituminous Coal. ......................................................................................................................... 5
Bituminous Coal. ................................................................................................................................. 5
Lignite & Anthracite............................................................................................................................. 5
Market Segmentation ............................................................................................................................... 6
Chart 4 | United States: Coal Consumption by Market, 2012 ............................................................. 6
Electric Power. .................................................................................................................................... 6
Industrial & Other. ............................................................................................................................... 7
Electricity Generation Overview ............................................................................................................... 9
Chart 5 | Electricity Generation by Fuel Source, 2012 ....................................................................... 9
Production by Region............................................................................................................................. 10
Chart 6 | Coal Production by Region, 2012 ...................................................................................... 10
Trade ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chart 7 | United States: Coal Trade (million short tons) ................................................................... 11
Regulatory Factors ................................................................................................................................. 12
Industry Forecasts ....................................................................................................................................... 13
Market Environment ............................................................................................................................... 13
Table 1 | United States: Key Indicators for Coal Production & Consumption .................................. 13
Product Forecasts .................................................................................................................................. 14
Table 2 | United States: Coal Production by Type (million short tons) ............................................. 14
Sub-Bituminous Coal. ....................................................................................................................... 14
Bituminous Coal. ............................................................................................................................... 15
Lignite & Anthracite........................................................................................................................... 15
Market Forecasts ................................................................................................................................... 16
Table 3 | United States: Coal Consumption by Market (million short tons) ...................................... 16
Electric Power. .................................................................................................................................. 16
Industrial & Other. ............................................................................................................................. 17
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 18
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 18
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 19
Peabody Energy Corporation ........................................................................................................... 19
Arch Coal Incorporated ..................................................................................................................... 20
Alpha Natural Resources Incorporated ............................................................................................ 21
Cloud Peak Energy Incorporated ..................................................................................................... 22
Additional Companies Cited................................................................................................................... 23
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 24
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