Climate Changed
Hurting for Buyers, U.S. Coal Miners Are Learning to Love India
- South Asian nation is now the biggest importer of U.S. coal
- India’s buying lots of thermal coal, despite plans to stop
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The big bright spot for U.S. coal miners is located halfway around the world.
India almost tripled its imports of the rock from America in the first quarter from a year earlier, helping fuel its fast-growing economy and making it the largest foreign buyer of U.S. coal, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.