Future of Coal Industry
1960 Volume 39 Issue 12 Pages 849-855
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1960 Volume 39 Issue 12 Pages 849-855
The coal industry in Japan will yield to the petroleum industry as energy sources in a few years. This is chiefly because of the high cost of coal, and from the viewpoint of merit, unless coal is supplied with at lower prices than 80% of petroleum price per kcal, it will lose the future market.Therefore, we are devoting ourselves to make progress in the technique of hydraulic mining, aud in addition to this it is necessary to make advance in the underground gasification of coal.
Coal for gas use is placed upon the same post as that for energy sources, and thus the coal chemical industry must start from the new standpoint.
Imported fuels, mainly petroleum, will bring a great liability upon the trade balance of Japan, and so in order to solve the economical problems, it should be necessary to make efforts for the development of the coal science and technology.
