Metallurgical coal producers feel recession, cut production

Steve Hooks, Associate Editor, Platts Coal Outlook and Coal Trader, discusses how US metallurgical coal prices are on the decline and met coal producers are cutting back production in expectation of renegotiated contracts at lower prices in 2009.

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Created: December 10, 2008

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