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Article: SOLID FUELS: EU AND INTERNATIONAL MARKET STILL IN THE DOLDRUMS
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- Europe Energy
- Article date:
- January 9, 1998
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Summary:
Although the EU's total primary energy demand rose by 48 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 1996, thanks to higher use of oil, natural gas and nuclear power, solid fuels continued to be the poor relation with a 1.2% drop in gross inland consumption to just 16.5% of primary energy consumption. Demand for hard coal lost a full percentage point (to 6.6 million tonnes), according to the European Commission's latest report on the market for solid fuels in the Community, published in mid-December. Hard coal production in the EU weighed in at 126.8 million tonnes in 1996, down by 8.3 million tonnes on 1995 levels. Forecasts for 1997 point to a further drop in ...