Coal transport: Relationships

Every element and industry that Coal transport is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

Thermal coal: Thermal coal is heavy and cheap per tonne, so moving it can cost nearly as much as the coal itself: Coal India said in 2020 that rail freight was about 40 to 45% of the landed cost at the plant. That makes rail capacity, freight tariffs and loading infrastructure as important to coal supply as mine output. (researched)
Coal mining: Energy flows from coal mining to coal transport; their prices have moved together.
Fuel stocks and strategic reserves: Energy flows from coal transport to fuel stocks and strategic reserves; energy flows from fuel stocks and strategic reserves to coal transport.
Boilers, furnaces and stoves: Energy flows from coal transport to boilers, furnaces and stoves.
Coking coal: Their prices have moved together.
Energy in farming: Their prices have moved together.
Energy-intensive industry: Energy flows from coal transport to energy-intensive industry.
Rail traction: Their prices have moved together.
Refining and reforming: Energy flows from coal transport to refining and reforming.
Steam turbines and thermal power plants: Energy flows from coal transport to steam turbines and thermal power plants.
Steel: Their prices have moved together.
Tankers, barges and fuel trucks: Their prices have moved together.