The National Energy Board says Canadian coal production dropped to a three-decade low last year as demand waned.
Production came in at 60.4 million tonnes, a 12 per cent decline since 2013, and well off the peak of about 79 million tonnes reached in 1997, the NEB said Wednesday.
About half of Canadian production is thermal coal used in power generation, which is expected to see a steady decline as the country moves to largely phase out coal-fired power plants by 2030.
CTV News – March 29, 2017.
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