# Coal transport: Relationships

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/links/

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](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-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](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-coal-transport/): Energy flows from coal mining to coal transport; their prices have moved together.
- [Fuel stocks and strategic reserves](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-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](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/boilers-furnaces-and-stoves-and-coal-transport/): Energy flows from coal transport to boilers, furnaces and stoves.
- [Coking coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-coking-coal/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Energy in farming](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-energy-in-farming/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Energy-intensive industry](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-energy-intensive-industry/): Energy flows from coal transport to energy-intensive industry.
- [Rail traction](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-rail-traction/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Refining and reforming](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-refining-and-reforming/): Energy flows from coal transport to refining and reforming.
- [Steam turbines and thermal power plants](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-steam-turbines-and-thermal-power-plants/): Energy flows from coal transport to steam turbines and thermal power plants.
- [Steel](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-steel/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Tankers, barges and fuel trucks](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-transport-and-tankers-barges-and-fuel-trucks/): Their prices have moved together.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/correlation/index.md)
- [How it works](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/explain/index.md)
- [Efficiency and losses](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/efficiency/index.md)
- [Technology advances](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/advances/index.md)
- [Value chain](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/valuechain/index.md)
- [Geopolitics and regulation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/geopolitics/index.md)
- [Unit economics](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/economics/index.md)
- [Impact on the biosphere](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_transport/biosphere/index.md)