steam coal

On the seventh day of unpaid work, on a piece of land in Ton Pentre, Mr Davies' men found a massive seam of the best-quality steam coal.

The market for steam coal, which is used in power plants, is clearly in decline.

Deutsche Bank said that since 2016 it no longer finances “directly or indirectly the construction of new coal-fired power plants or new mining projects for the production of steam coal”.

They approved a measure to reduce the tax on West Virginia steam coal.

In the first half of 2017, met-coal accounted for 85 percent of Hampton Roads’ exports, with steam coal making up the balance.