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| Table Posted: April 10, 2009 | |||||||||
| Next Update: August 2009 | |||||||||
| Steam Coal Prices for Electricity Generation 1 | |||||||||
| ( U.S. Dollars per Metric Ton ) 2 | |||||||||
| Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Argentina | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Australia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Austria | 53.8 | 45.7 | 52.7 | 64.5 | 81.3 | 87.5 | 92.7 | 96.2 | 124.1 |
| Belgium | 32.8 | 37.7 | 34.5 | 35.9 | 72.5 | 80.3 | 63.2 | 75.5 | 130.5 |
| Brazil | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Canada | 17.9 | 18.5 | 19.2 | 21.0 | 20.3 | 24.5 | 26.3 | NA | NA |
| Chile | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| China | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 29.67 | 31.29 | 31.43 | 31.18 | 47.75 | 57.70 | 54.68 | 70.17 | 118.49 |
| Colombia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Costa Rica | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Cuba | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Czech Republic 3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Denmark | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Finland | 38.6 | 46.7 | 44.0 | 48.3 | 67.0 | 72.1 | 74.3 | 83.7 | 143.5 |
| France | 37.2 | 45.3 | 42.9 | 42.4 | 63.6 | 75.0 | 73.0 | 83.2 | NA |
| Germany | 42.4 | 51.9 | 45.7 | 50.0 | 70.0 | 79.7 | 78.0 | 90.3 | NA |
| Hungary 3 | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| India | 16.49 | 17.11 | 16.61 | 17.74 | 19.54 | 21.34 | 20.77 | 22.92 | NA |
| Indonesia | 18.26 | NA | 23.60 | 26.91 | NA | 25.92 | 36.66 | NA | NA |
| Ireland | 30.3 | 35.4 | 37.5 | 35.5 | 67.2 | 70.1 | 61.3 | 83.4 | 99.5 |
| Italy | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Jamaica | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Japan | 40.9 | 42.7 | 39.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kazakhstan | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Korea, South | NA | NA | NA | NA | 47.6 | 55.1 | 51.6 | 60.3 | 91.0 |
| Luxembourg | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mexico 3 | 31.8 | 33.9 | 33.7 | 32.1 | 37.1 | 41.0 | 42.3 | 45.9 | 52.4 |
| New Zealand | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Netherlands | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Norway | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Panama | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Peru | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Poland | 28.2 | 31.4 | 32.2 | 36.2 | 40.0 | 47.5 | 51.4 | 57.7 | 78.9 |
| Portugal | 30.2 | 38.6 | 32.3 | 38.4 | 57.5 | 67.6 | 58.3 | 76.4 | 138.1 |
| Romania | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Russia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Singapore | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - |
| Slovak Republic (Slovakia) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| South Africa | 6.51 | 5.81 | 4.97 | 7.59 | 8.50 | 10.34 | NA | NA | NA |
| Spain | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Sweden | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Switzerland | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - |
| Thailand | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Turkey 3 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 15.2 | 19.0 | 25.9 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 27.7 | 32.3 |
| United Kingdom | 44.4 | 46.5 | 44.5 | 45.9 | 59.7 | 65.6 | 70.1 | 82.3 | NA |
| United States | 27.5 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 29.1 | 30.9 | 35.3 | 38.8 | 40.6 | 47.0 |
| Venezuela | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1 Energy end-use prices including taxes, converted using exchange rates. | |||||||||
| 2 To convert U.S. dollars per metric ton to U.S. dollars per short ton divide by 1.1023. | |||||||||
| 3 Price is for brown coal. | |||||||||
| NA=Not available. | |||||||||
| C=Confidential. | |||||||||
| - -=Not appplicable. | |||||||||
| Source: Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, First Quarter 2009, Part II, Section D, Table 19, and Part III, | |||||||||
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