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Italy's coal use languishes

ITALIANS are burning less coal, with the fuel making up just 12% of the nation's electricity generation mix. That is the lowest percentage compared to the European average of 26%, according to the Italian coal association Assocarboni.

Lou Caruana
Italy's coal use languishes

Italy’s final figures for 2016 showed a 12.5% decline in the import of steaming coal to 14 million tonnes, however, imports of metallurgical coal and pulverised coal injection coal increased by 11% to...

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