Canadian coal production hit three-decade low last year as demand wanes
Mar 29, 2017 | 12:45 PM
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CALGARY — The National Energy Board says Canadian coal production dropped to a three-decade low last year as demand waned.
Production came in at 60.4 million tonnes, a 12 per cent decline since 2013, and well off the peak of about 79 million tonnes reached in 1997, the NEB said Wednesday.
About half of Canadian production is thermal coal used in power generation, which is expected to see a steady decline as the country moves to largely phase out coal-fired power plants by 2030.
The NEB expects that by 2040 coal production will drop to 34 million tonnes, with almost all remaining production focused on higher-quality metallurgical coal used to make steel.
