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Half of World's Coal Output Is Unprofitable, Moody's Says

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Half of the world’s coal isn’t worth digging out of the ground at current prices, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The global metallurgical coal benchmark has fallen to the lowest level in a decade, settling last month at $89 a metric ton.