Report: Majority of coal shipments still go by rail

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Report: Majority of coal shipments still go by rail

It sounds like the study came from the the U.S. Energy Information Administration. http://www.eia.gov/coal/

Who did this study? Just wondering who the source was.

More importantly who paid for the study?

More importantly who paid for the study?

Roughly 10% of US coal production is exported. That portion of the production is excluded from this report, but I would expect it to become more important as utilities switch away from coal.