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The Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate and the German Bunker Coal Business, 1905–1947
The first wave of globalisation is unthinkable without coal and coal business institutions. Coal was not only the means of propulsion with the...
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Redeploying coal workers: field level challenges and transition alternatives
As of 2020, coal mines had created about 7.25 lakh direct coal jobs and number of indirect jobs in India. However, coal workers are at livelihood...
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The Coal Economy in Brazil (1850–1889)
In its early days, coal was the energy source most widely used for domestic consumption or for manufacturing production, a phenomenon that was...
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The story of coal in China: from ornaments to critical energy supply
Coal was first used in China for ornaments starting about 6000 years ago. Its use as fuel for households and light industry began about 2000 years...
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Closing the supply-side gap: using a novel vulnerability index to identify the right policy mix for coal producing countries
Rapid coal phaseout is a key measure to reach the 1.5 °C warming target. With projected global coal demand declining faster than global supply, a...
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The Relationship Between ESG Ratings and Financial Performance of Coal Firms — the Case of China Shenhua and China Coal Energy
Since the concept of ESG was explicitly introduced, Chinese coal companies have paid more attention to the three aspects of environmental, social and...
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A novel stochastic modeling framework for coal production and logistics through options pricing analysis
We propose a novel stochastic modeling framework for coal production and logistics using option pricing theory. The problem of valuing the inherent...
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The Italian coal shortage: the price of import and distribution, 1861–1911
This paper estimates a measure of coal price for all NUTS3 Italian provinces between 1861 and 1911. Italy was a latecomer country and its late...
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Structural Changes and Forecast Estimates of Coal Production and Exports in Russia
The contribution comprises the analysis of structural differences in the distribution of mined coal among consumers and the short term forecast for...
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Economic Evaluation and Future Feasibility Analysis of the Coal Chemical Industry Coupled with Green Hydrogen Technology
In the context of China's goals of peaking carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutrality, the coal chemical industry, as a carbon intensive...
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The Trading and Price Discovery for Coal
Fernández offers a view of coal production, consumption and trade both at global and regional level. Given China’s dominance of coal markets, this...
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Coking coal futures price index forecasting with the neural network
Coking coal price forecasting is a significant issue for investors and policy makers. This study explores usefulness of the nonlinear autoregressive...
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Coal: Poland’s Erstwhile ‘Black Gold’ or Current Problem?
Hard coal played a special role in Poland for many years. It (and lignite) was the basis for the entire power industry. It was not only economically...
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Modeling the linkage between coal mining and ecological footprint in South Africa: does technological innovation matter?
The environmental sustainability challenges posed by coal mining as a critical revenue and energy source for South Africa have been sparsely explored...
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Determinants in the adoption of a non-labor-substitution technology: mechanical ventilation in West Virginia coal mines, 1898–1907
Accounts of technological change during industrialization processes based on labor-saving innovations are commonplace, even more so in the coal...
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Big Data Analysis of Energy Economics in Coal Market
Coal is known as industrial food and black gold, and its price changes not only affect the production and operation of the coal industry, but also...
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French Capital, Gdynia, and the Position of Polish Coal on International Markets in the Interwar Period
This chapter analyses the radical reorientation of Polish coal exports in the interwar period, and the role of French capital and authorities in the...
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Power Generation from Coal, Oil, Gas, and Biofuels
This chapter provides an introduction to the economics of electricity generation based on four different energy sources: coal, oil, natural gas, and...
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Development Trends, Possible Impacts, and Countermeasures of the Powering Past Coal Alliance
In the context of global green and low-carbon development and energy transition, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other countries jointly established...
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The Use of Coal in Maritime Transport and Maritime Station Networks: Routes, Stores and Companies, Circa 1850–1930
When analysing a late nineteenth-century map, it is striking to observe the complex network of routes and coaling stations established across all...