Coal demand to stay flat till 2022 in “decade of stagnation”, IEA says
Friday, 02 February 2018
Global coal demand is facing a “decade of stagnation” and should remain nearly flat between 2017 and 2022, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts. Lower gas prices, a surge in renewables and improvements in energy efficiency have caused a 1.9% fall in global coal consumption last year to 5,357 million tonnes of coal equivalent (Mtce) - the second year of decline.
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