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US coal demand spiked last year, supply went the other way—EIA

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2014 | 5:06 pm Energy Europe Coal 

The US coal mining industry saw a modest, but meaningful demand increase last year, driven mainly by higher natural gas prices that caused total consumption in the first 11 months to hit 35 million tons, 4%, more than the same...

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