Coal consumption and production have sharply declined in recent years in the U.S., despite political support. Reasons … are mostly unfavorable economic conditions for coal, including competition from natural gas and renewables in the power … sector, as well as an aging coal- fired power plant fleet. The U.S. Energy Information Administration as well as most models …

Steam coal exporters face increasing uncertainty about future coal demand and risks of asset stranding. Nevertheless …, new export-oriented coal mine projects are still brought forward. In this study, we use the coal sector model COALMOD …-World to assess the economic prospects of investments in the export-oriented steam coal sector, and in particular of coal mines …