Written for scholars and practitioners, this book examines the key producers and consumers that will most influence the production, transport and use of coal in the future. A series of country case studies shed light on how the global coal market may evolve, and the associated economic and environmental implications.

Part I. Introduction: 1. The Asia-centric coal era Mark C. Thurber and Richard K. Morse; Part II. Case Studies of Key Coal Countries: 2. The evolution of China's coal institutions Wuyuan Peng; 3. Developing large coal-power bases in China Huaichuan Rui, Richard K. Morse and Gang He; 4. The causes and implications of India's coal production shortfall Jeremy Carl; 5. Market, investment, and policy challenges for South African coal Anton Eberhard; 6. Australia's black coal industry: past achievements and future challenges Bart Lucarelli; 7. Government as creator and destroyer: Indonesia's rapid rise and possible decline as steam coal supplier to Asia Bart Lucarelli; Part III. Understanding the International Coal Trade: 8. US coal to Asia: examining the role of transportation constraints in energy markets Mark C. Thurber; 9. The world's greatest coal arbitrage: China's coal import behavior Richard K. Morse and Gang He; 10. The COALMOD-World model: coal markets until 2030 Franziska Holz, Clemens Haftendorn, Roman Mendelevitch and Christian Von Hirschhausen; Part IV. The Potential of Technology to Reconcile Coal and Climate: 11. New technologies to the rescue? A review of three game changing coal technologies and their implications for Australia's black coal industry Bart Lucarelli; 12. The real drivers of carbon capture and storage in China Richard K. Morse, Varun Rai and Gang He; Part V. Conclusions and Implications: 13. Major factors affecting the production, trade, and environmental impact of coal Mark C. Thurber and Richard K. Morse; Part VI. Detailed Information on the Coal Value Chain in China: Appendix. A statistical review of coal supply, demand, and transport in China Kevin Jianjun Tu; Index.