LONDON -- U.S. coal exports to Asia surged in 2017, and there is an argument to be made for America to become an even bigger global supplier of the fuel, a Nikkei Asian Review study has found.
By volume, U.S. coal exports to Asia doubled last year, compared with 2016. The total reached 32.8 million short tons -- a short ton being the equivalent of 907kg. Asia-bound exports of steam coal used for power generation, in particular, more than tripled.
