Infrastructure problems may limit booming US coal exports
Coal has made a sudden shift from being an import to an export commodity in the United States. However, infrastructure problems are continuing to hinder both transportation and production.
Coal movements in the US were hard hit this Spring by massive flooding in the upper Mississippi Valley, with both the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Union Pacific (UP) railroads suffering delays because of train rerouting due to track and bridge damage....
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