Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/29/2013 -- Global Coal industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2008-12, and forecast to 2017). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Global coal market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

- The coal market is defined as revenues due to the sale of coal for industry and power generation.
- The global coal market had total revenues of $605.9bn in 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.0% between 2008 and 2012.
- Market consumption volume increased with a CAGR of 3.2% between 2008 and 2012, to reach a total of 7,870.2 million short tons in 2012.
- The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5.4% for the five-year period 2012 - 2017, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $789.9bn by the end of 2017.

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key coal market players' global operations and financial performance

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