Annual Report 2010 - Verein der Kohlenimporteure eV

Strong Market for Hard Coal in 2010 – Hard
Coal Imports Rose Sharply
After collapsing in 2009 to an all-time low, hard
coal consumption in 2010 recorded the strongest rise
compared with all other sources of primary energy.
Primary energy consumption of hard coal increased
in 2010, a rise of 15.4%. The levels of 61.4 Mtce in
been achieved again so far. Imported coal was again a
flexible “swing supplier”.
Hard coal consumption in 2010 was covered as shown
below:
Cover of Hard Coal Consumption in Germany
2008
Mtce
2009
Mtce
2010
Mtce
2009/2010
Change Mtce
Imported Coal 43.6 35.1 43.0 3.8
Domestic
Production 1) 17.8 14.2 14.8 - 1.0
Total 61.4 49.3 57.8 2.8
1)
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German hard coal production followed recent trends
and fell by 1.0 Mtce from 14.2 Mtce in 2009 to 13.2
Sales of hard coal in t=t developed as shown here:
Hard Coal Sales Total in Germany
2008 2009 2010
Utilisation
Mt Mt
1)
Mt
Power Plants
52.3 43.7 44.6
Steel Industry
17.7 12.9 18.4
Heating Market
1.7 1.4 1.8
Total 71.7 58.0 64.8
1)
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(The difference in quantities between the “TCE” figures
and the “t=t” figures results mainly from the steam coal
kg is also included causing the “t=t” figures to be higher).
supplies for the German market in 2010. Without the
import and supplies of high-quality import coking coal,
the RAG-coke oven plant Prosper, for example, would
not be able to produce coke in the required quantity
for the steel mills since German coking coal is mined
in only small quantities and does not meet all of the
quality requirements. In 2010, Germany produced
Prosper alone produced 1.9 Mt of this total, nearly 30%
more than the 1.5 Mt produced in the previous year.
In 2010, imports and domestic coal production
contributed to supplies in the various consumer groups
as shown here:
Consumer Groups Import Coal and
Domestic Coal in 2010
Import Coal
Mt
Domestic Coal
Mt
Total 1)
Mt
Power Plants 33.1 11.5 44.6
Steel Mills 14.7 3.7 18.4
Heating Market 1.3 0.5 1.8
Total 49.1 15.7 64.8
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So import coal covers:
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