President Donald Trump’s efforts to help the U.S. coal industry at home are being offset by falling sales abroad.
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, on Nov. 15, 2016. President Donald Trump's efforts to help the U.S. coal industry at home are being undermined by falling sales abroad amid China has stopped importing U.S. coal, accounting for most of a 14% decline in U.S. coal exports so far this year, according to analysts and the U.S. Energy Information Administration.with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week suggests trade progress. But whether it will include the U.S. coal industry is still uncertain. “It’s hard to tell whether that’s just going to maintain the status quo or if that’s going to be an increase in exports of coal and soybeans to China," coal analyst Seth Feaster with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis said Friday.. The result has been to"keep our lights on, our economy strong, and America Energy Dominant,” Interior Department spokesperson Charlotte Taylor said in an e-mailed statement Friday. The administration has also reduced royalty rates for coal extracted from federal lands and in September pledged $625 million to bolster coal power generation, including by recommissioning or modernizing old coal plants amid growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence and data centers. So far this year, U.S. coal production is up about 6%, due not to Trump policies but higher natural gas prices, Feaster said.The drop followed an additional Chinese tariff of 15% on U.S. coal in February and a 34% reciprocal Chinese tariff on imports from the U.S. in April, the EIA saidThe U.S. exports about one-fifth of the coal it produces. Most goes to India, the Netherlands, Japan, Brazil and South Korea. China is not a top destination, taking in only about one-tenth of U.S. coal exports. But it has had an outsized effect on overall U.S. coal exports by halting all coal from the U.S. since April, said Andy Blumenfeld, a coal analyst at McCloskey by OPIS. Almost three-quarters of U.S. coal exported to China last year was metallurgical coal used in steelmaking. The rest was thermal coal burned in power plants to produce electricity, according to Blumenfeld. Nearly all U.S. metallurgical coal is mined in Appalachia, while the bulk of U.S. thermal coal comes from massive, open-pit mines in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana. Appalachia would therefore benefit most from a resumption of U.S. coal exports to China, noted Blumenfeld by email. “There is optimism," Blumenfeld wrote. “But there is little documentation to back that up right now.” Most coal headed for China last year went through Baltimore, with lesser amounts via the Norfolk, Virginia, area and Gulf of Mexico, according to Blumenfeld. Relatively little thermal coal from the Western U.S. is exported due to the cost of hauling it by rail to the West Coast, where there has also been political resistance to building port facilities to export more coal. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Local barbeque joint lends helping hand to community affected by potential SNAP cutsHalloween Forecast: Cooler temps call for costume layers tonightSneak Peek: We've got a look on board JaxPort's newest addition, the Norwegian Gem cruise shipAvery Griffin dives into the endzone for the score 🛝🛝🛝No one can stop Caleb Mattison to the 🏡👀Neglected Jacksonville cemetery buried in brush slammed with more than $70K in finesLocal mom says child came home from elementary school with pinworms, DCPS says it was never reportedLutheran Social Services asks for community's help to restock food pantry as need increasesDeSantis to direct crackdown on H-1B visas in public universitiesRichard's Swing Makeover Pt. 3: Time to make some sawdustRichard's Swing Makeover Pt. 2: Softening the slats
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