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<br /> <br />LJ.1.. <br /> <br />Where Will New <br />Coal Production <br />Come From? <br /> <br /> millions 01 tons/year <br />700 East <br />600 c=J Surface <br /> ~Deep <br />500 <br />400 <br />300 <br /> -'c.:>-.....~.f:,~~ <br />200 '" :'~" . -' -i'I. <br /> "~~{'l <br /> "-,'" .'- , <br /> ::i .':.~;:J .'\.: <br />100 ..'--,I"./'ii <br /> ,-'_1.!.'.."",,, <br />0 ;;,'f, ~ <br />100 1974 <br />200 <br />300 <br /> West <br />'00 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. Coal production is projected to increase from 603 million <br />tons in 1974 to 1040 million tons in 1985. <br />-Coal production will increase more slowly If long-term utility <br />demand is uncertain and It major environmental and transpor- <br />tation issues are unresolved. <br />-More coal probably could be produced. but will not be be- <br />cause Its markets are limited primarily by the growth in elec- <br />tric power and synthetic fuels_ <br /> <br />. The major expansion of production will occur in the Western <br />regions. increasing from 92 million tons In 1974 to about 380 <br />million tons in 1985. <br />-Western coal production will continue to be mainly surface <br />mining <br /> <br />. Eastern mining could expand by about 30 percent. <br />-Underground mining should reverse recent trends and <br />increase more than surface minmg in the East. since low-cost <br />surface reserves are being depleted. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />