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SUMMARY

THE COMMUNITY COAL MARKET IN 1981 AND THE OUTLOOK FOR 1982*4*

I . SUMMARY*4*

II . GENERAL ECONOMIC SITUATION AND OUTLOOK*5*

III . COAL DEMAND BY SECTOR*5*

1 . STEEL INDUSTRY*5*

2 . POWER STATIONS*6*

3 . OTHER INDUSTRIES*7*

4 . DOMESTIC SECTOR*7*

IV . COMMUNITY COAL PRODUCTION*7*

1 . PRODUCTION STATISTICS*7*

( A ) QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF OUTPUT*7*

( B ) MANPOWER AND PRODUCTIVITY*8*

2 . FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS*8*

( A ) COSTS AND PROCEEDS*8*

( B ) FINANCIAL INTERVENTION BY MEMBER STATES*8*

3 . DEVELOPMENTS IN PRODUCTION CAPACITY*8*

( A ) INVESTMENT IN COAL EXTRACTION AND PREPARATION*8*

( B ) PIT CLOSURES*8*

V . COAL PRICES*9*

1 . LISTED PRICE DEVELOPMENTS*9*

2 . COKING COAL*10*

3 . STEAM COAL*10*

4 . OUTLOOK FOR 1982*10*

VI . COKE*11*

1 . COKING CAPACITY*11*

2 . COKE PRODUCTION AND COAL SUPPLIES TO COKE OVENS*11*

VII . TRADE IN COAL AND COKE*11*

1 . INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE*11*

2 . TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES11*

( A ) IMPORTS*11*

( B ) EXPORTS*12*

VIII . STOCKS OF COAL AND COKE*12*

1 . PRODUCERS' STOCKS OF COAL AND COKE*12*

2 . STOCKS OF COAL AT POWER STATIONS*13*

3 . OTHER STOCKS AND THEIR LOCATION*13*

4 . THE DEGREE OF SECURITY PROVIDED BY STOCKS*13*

IX . TABLES*14*

1 . SHARES OF THE VARIOUS FORMS OF PRIMARY ENERGY IN GROSS INTERNAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION*14*

2 . GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN REAL TERMS*14*

3 . COMMUNITY COAL CONSUMPTION BY SECTOR AND BY MEMBER STATE*15*

4 . STEEL AND PIG IRON PRODUCTION*16*

5 . SPECIFIC COKE INPUT IN BLAST FURNACES*16*

6 . CONSUMPTION OF COKE-OVEN COKE IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY*17*

7 . COKE CONSUMPTION BY SECTOR*17*

8 . A . NET ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN THE COMMUNITY - BREAKDOWN BY ENERGY SOURCES*18*

B . FUEL CONSUMPTION BY CONVENTIONAL THERMAL POWER STATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY*19*

C . TOTAL CONSUMPTION IN POWER STATIONS ( INCLUDING COLLIERY POWER PLANTS AND PRIVATE GENERATORS ) *21*

D . COAL SUPPLIES TO PUBLIC POWER PLANTS ( NOT INCLUDING COLLIERY POWER PLANTS OR PRIVATE GENERATORS ) *22*

E . CONVENTIONAL THERMAL POWER STATIONS ( SITUATION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1980 ) *23*

F . CONVENTIONAL THERMAL POWER STATIONS BURNING COAL OR LIGNITE ( NEW CAPACITY AND CONVERSIONS ) *23*

9 . COAL AND COKE-OVEN CONSUMPTION IN OTHER INDUSTRIES ( EXCLUDING POWER STATIONS ) *24*

10 . A . DELIVIERIES OF COAL , PATENT FUEL AND COKE TO THE DOMESTIC SECTOR ( INCLUDING ISSUES TO WORKERS ) *25*

B . DELIVERIES OF LIGNITE AND PEAT BRIQUETTES TO THE DOMESTIC SECTOR*26*

11 . HARD COAL PRODUCTION BY AREAS*27*

12 . HARD COAL PRODUCTION IN JOULES*28*

13 . PERSONNEL EMPLOYED UNDERGROUND*28*

14 . OUTPUT PER MAN/HOUR UNDERGROUND*29*

15 . COSTS AND PROCEEDS PER TONNE ( VARIATION ON THE BASIS OF DATA SUPPLIED IN NATIONAL CURRENCIES ) *29*

16 . STATE AIDS TO THE COAL INDUSTRY FOR CURRENT PRODUCTION*29*

17 . INVESTMENTS IN THE COAL INDUSTRY ( COAL EXTRACTION AND PREPARATION ) *30*

18 . PIT CLOSURES*30*

19 . A . LISTED PRE-TAX PITHEAD PRICES FOR COMMUNITY COAL AS AT 15 JANUARY 1981 , 1 APRIL 1981 AND 15 JANUARY 1982*31*

B . LISTED PRE-TAX PITHEAD PRICES FOR COMMUNITY COAL AS AT 15 JANUARY 1981 , 1 APRIL 1981 AND 15 JANUARY 1982*32*

20 . AVERAGE CIF PRICES FOR COAL IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES*33*

21 . COKE-OVEN COKE PRODUCTION CAPACITY*33*

22 . COKING*34*

23 . COAL SUPPLIES TO COKE OVENS*35*

24 . TREND OF INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN COAL*36*

25 . TREND OF INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN COKE*37*

26 . IMPORTS OF COAL FROM THIRD COUNTRIES*38*

27 . A . IMPORTS OF COAL FROM THIRD COUNTRIES IN 1981 ( PROVISIONAL ) *39*

B . EXPORTS TO THIRD COUNTRIES*39*

28 . A . PRODUCERS' STOCKS*40*

B . STOCKS OF COAL AT POWER STATIONS*40*

29 . A AND B . - ESTIMATE OF TOTAL STOCKS*41*

30 . ESTIMATE OF TOTAL STOCKS OF COAL AND COKE ( EXPRESSED AS COAL EQUIVALENT ) HELD BY PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS AND IN PORTS AND/OR CENTRAL DEPOTS IN THE COMMUNITY*42*

31 . COAL BALANCE SHEET FOR 1982*43*

32 . INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN COAL IN 1982*44*

33 . COKE BALANCE SHEET FOR 1982*45*

34 . INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN COKE IN 1982*46*

35 . LIGNITE AND PEAT BALANCE SHEET FOR 1982*47*

THE COMMUNITY COAL MARKET IN 1981 AND THE OUTLOOK FOR 1982

I . SUMMARY

( TABLE 1 )

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 1981 PROVIDED CONFIRMATION OF THE IMPORTANT PART WHICH COAL PLAYS IN THE PLANS TO MAKE MORE RATIONAL USE OF ENERGY AND TO REDUCE THE CURRENT DEPENDENCE ON OIL .

ONE STUDY AFTER ANOTHER HAS COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT IS TIME TO REVISE THE LONG-TERM INTERNATIONAL FORECASTS - UPWARDS ON THE SUPPLY SIDE AND DOWNWARDS ON THE DEMAND SIDE .

AS FOR THE SHORT TERM , THE TOTAL WORLD TRADE IN COAL IS LIKELY TO GROW FASTER THAN THE COMMUNITY'S COAL TRADE , AS THE FOLLOWING FIGURES ILLUSTRATE ( 1 ) :

( MILLION TONNES )

*WORLD TRADE*COMMUNITY SHARE*

*1979*1982*CHANGE*1979*1982*CHANGE*

COKING COAL*127*140* ( UP BY 10 % ) *30*30* ( NO CHANGE ) *

STEAM COAL*102*131* ( UP BY 28 % ) *48*58* ( UP BY 21 % ) *

IN 1981 THE COMMUNITY COAL MARKET SUFFERED FROM THE GENERAL ECONOMIC GLOOM EVEN MORE THAN IN 1980 . THE COMMUNITY'S GROSS ENERGY CONSUMPTION OVER THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1981 HAS FALLEN BY 3,9 % AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1980 . COAL EXPERIENCED A SMALLER REDUCTION ( - 2,5 % ) THAN THE OTHER FOSSIL FUELS ( OIL - 9,0 , GAS - 2,7 ) . THE TREND OBSERVED A YEAR AGO HAS , THEREFORE , SHARPENED .

THE COMMUNITY'S TOTAL HARD-COAL CONSUMPTION DROPPED FROM 313 MILLION TONNES IN 1980 TO 306 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 , THOUGH IT CAN BE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO 309 MILLION TONNES IN 1982 . DEMAND IN THE NON-PRODUCING COUNTRIES ROSE FROM 37 MILLION TONNES TO 40 MILLION TONNES . THEY TOOK APPROXIMATELY 48 % OF THE 71 MILLION OR SO TONNES IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES , A FIGURE 4 MILLION TONNES BELOW THE 1980 LEVEL .

THE AVAILABILITIES ( I.E . PRODUCTION PLUS QUANTITIES RECOVERED ) IN THE COMMUNITY CONTRACTED FROM 254 MILLION TONNES IN 1980 TO 250 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 WHEN THEY COVERED 80 % OF ALL THE COMMUNITY'S REQUIREMENTS AS COMPARED WITH 82 % IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR . HOWEVER , PRODUCTION FELL BY ONLY 1,6 MILLION TONNES .

IN 1981 THE COMMUNITY'S COAL-PRODUCING COUNTRIES SAW THEIR SHARE OF THE COAL IMPORTED BY THIRD COUNTRIES SHRINK BY 4 MILLION TONNES AND A FURTHER REDUCTION OF 5 MILLION TONNES IS LIKELY IN 1982 .

INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN HARD COAL AND COKE NOW ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 % OF THE AVAILABILITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY . BETWEEN 1980 AND 1981 , THE TRADE IN HARD COAL INCREASED BY 3 MILLION TONNES , THOUGH THERE WAS A SLIGHT DOWNTURN IN COKE . BOTH ARE STILL VITAL TO THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND ARE ASSUMING INCREASING IMPORTANCE IN THE COMMUNITY'S POWER STATIONS . ONCE AGAIN THERE WAS A GENERAL INCREASE IN STOCKS , WITH PRODUCERS' STOCKS IN PARTICULAR REACHING A RECORD LEVEL OF OVER 46 MILLION TONNES - OR ALMOST 70 DAYS' PRODUCTION - AT THE END OF 1981 .

OF ALL THE ADVERSE FACTORS WITH WHICH THE COMMUNITY'S COAL PRODUCERS HAD TO CONTEND IN 1980 ( 2 ) , ONLY THE EXCHANGE RATE FOR THE US DOLLAR HAS CHANGED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO IMPROVE THEIR COMPETITIVE POSITION SLIGHTLY .

THE OUTLOOK FOR 1982 IS CLOUDED BY PARTICULARLY SERIOUS UNCERTAINTIES . EARLY IN 1982 THE COMMISSION IS TO SEND THE COUNCIL A COMMUNICATION ON THE ROLE OF COAL IN THE COMMUNITY'S ENERGY STRATEGY , IN THE HOPE OF REMOVING SOME OF THEM .

AT THE END OF 1981 THE FEDERAL GERMAN GOVERNMENT EXTENDED ITS ENERGY PROGRAMME FOR THE THIRD TIME . IT INTENDS TO CONTINUE ITS POLICY OF STABILIZING AND MAKING MAXIMUM USE OF GERMANY'S INDIGENOUS HARD COAL RESOURCES , AND AT THE SAME TIME EXPECTS IMPORTED COAL TO MAKE A GREATER CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS COVERING INCREASED DEMAND . THE INCREASED REVENUE FOR THE MINES WILL MEAN THAT LESS STATE AID WILL BE NEEDED .

AT THE SAME TIME THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT SOUGHT APPROVAL FOR AN ENERGY PROGRAMME WHICH WOULD , AMONG OTHER THINGS STEP UP STATE AID INTENDED TO PROMOTE HOME COAL PRODUCTION AND THE SALES OF COAL TO INDUSTRY AND GIVE SUFFICIENT CONTROL OVER COAL SUPPLIES FROM ABROAD .

IN ITALY THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC PLANNING APPROVED A NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN , THEREBY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZING THE SUGGESTION TO MAKE WIDER USE OF COAL AND TO CREATE THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE .

II . GENERAL ECONOMIC SITUATION AND OUTLOOK

( TABLE 2 )

THE DECLINE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY - AND IN PARTICULAR IN INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY - WHICH BEGAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1980 CAME TO AN END EARLY IN 1981 . COMMUNITY ENQUIRIES AMONG SENIOR INDUSTRIALISTS INDICATE THAT , SINCE THEN , THERE HAS BEEN A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN THE SITUATION . NEVERTHELESS , THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN REAL TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE - WHICH ROSE BY ONLY 1,4 % IN 1980 COULD BE DOWN IN 1981 ( BY ABOUT 0,5 % ) , AND THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1975 .

HOUSEHOLDS SUFFERED CUTS , IN REAL TERMS , IN THEIR DISPOSABLE INCOME IN 1981 WITH THE RESULT THAT PRIVATE SECTOR CONSUMPTION CONTRACTED OR STAGNATED IN MOST MEMBER STATES . FIXED INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN DECLINING , IN VOLUME TERMS , SINCE MID-1980 AND STOCKS ARE BEING RUNDOWN STEADILY . ONLY THE COMMUNITY'S EXPORTS HAVE SHOWN A MARKED RECOVERY SINCE THE SHARP SLUMP IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1980 .

WHILE THE GENERAL ECONOMIC CLIMATE REMAINED EXTREMELY UNFAVOURABLE , TOTAL EMPLOYMENT FELL BACK SUBSTANTIALLY IN 1981 WITH UNEMPLOYMENT SOARING TO THE 10 MILLION MARK , OR APPROXIMATELY 9 % OF THE ACTIVE CIVILIAN POPULATION , BY THE END OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED FIGURES .

ALTHOUGH INFLATION HAS CEASED TO DECLINE SINCE THE END OF 1980 , THE 11,4 % INCREASE IN CONSUMER PRICES WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE 1980 LEVEL OF 11,8 % . THE DISTINCT DETERIORATION IN THE COMMUNITY'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS ON CURRENT ACCOUNT UNDER THE IMPACT OF THE SECOND OIL PRICE SHOCK CAME TO AN END IN AUTUMN 1980 . SINCE THEN THE BALANCE OF TRADE HAS PICKED UP IN VOLUME TERMS , THOUGH THE INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF THE US DOLLAR HAS HAD AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY'S TERMS OF TRADE AND HAS RESTRICTED ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THE BALANCE OF TRADE OR IN THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS ON CURRENT ACCOUNT .

THE OUTLOOK FOR 1982 IS CLOUDED BY VERY MARKED UNCERTAINTIES . AMONG THE EXTERNAL FACTORS THE MOST IMPORTANT ARE OIL PRICES , INTEREST RATES AND THE EXCHANGE RATE OF THE US DOLLAR . NEVERTHELESS , ASSUMING THAT THE RECOVERY WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE SET IN IN RECENT MONTHS IS SUSTAINED , THE COMMUNITY'S TOTAL PRODUCTION COULD INCREASE BY ABOUT 1,5 % IN 1982 AS COMPARED TO 1981 . THE GREATEST GROWTH IN DEMAND CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE EXPORT SECTOR ; THIS SHOULD REDUCE THE CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DEFICIT SUBSTANTIALLY . HOWEVER , THE UPSWING WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING ANY APPRECIABLE INCREASE IN THE RATE OF UTILIZATION OF THE PRODUCTION CAPACITY . IF THE RECOVERY IN DEMAND AND IN ACTIVITY IN GENERAL IS TO BE CONSOLIDATED AND UNEMPLOYMENT IS TO BE REDUCED THE RECOVERY WILL HAVE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN THE INFLATION RATE THAN HITHERTO AND BY RADICAL RESTRUCTURING OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY .

III . COAL DEMAND BY SECTOR

( TABLE 3 )

1 . STEEL INDUSTRY

( TABLES 4 TO 7 )

COKE CONSUMPTION BY THE COMMUNITY'S STEEL INDUSTRY DROPPED FROM OVER 57 MILLION TONNES IN 1979 TO ONLY JUST OVER 52 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 ( 3 ) .

OVER THE SAME PERIOD THE SPECIFIC COKE INPUT ( I.E . THE COKE CONSUMPTION PER TONNE OF PIG IRON ) ROSE FROM 509 KG TO 528 KG , PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUING FALL IN THE AMOUNT OF FUEL OIL INJECTED INTO THE FURNACES AND PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE LATEST EFFORTS TO SAVE ENERGY AND THE LATEST ADVANCES IN BLAST FURNACE TECHNOLOGY .

PIG IRON PRODUCTION FALTERED SLIGHTLY , FALLING FROM 90 MILLION TONNES IN 1980 TO 88 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 .

WITH THE PIG IRON/CRUDE STEEL RATIO REMAINING PRACTICALLY STABLE AT JUST OVER 70 % , THE COMMUNITY'S CRUDE STEEL OUTPUT CONTINUED ITS SLIDE FROM 128,7 MILLION TONNES IN 1980 TO 126 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 .

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BETWEEN 1980 AND 1981 TOOK PLACE IN LUXEMBOURG AND DENMARK ( 18 % REDUCTION IN CRUDE STEEL OUTPUT ) AND IN GERMANY , FRANCE AND ITALY ( WHERE PRODUCTION WAS DOWN BY 2 MILLION TONNES IN EACH CASE ) . PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED BY 3 MILLION TONNES , THOUGH THE 1980 REFERENCE LEVEL WAS ABNORMALLY LOW BECAUSE OF THE LONG STRIKE .

STEEL PRODUCTION IS NOW GOVERNED BY THE FORWARD PROGRAMMES WHICH ARE ISSUED EACH QUARTER AS PART OF THE PRODUCTION QUOTA SYSTEM ESTABLISHED IN 1980 FOR UNDERTAKINGS IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY ( 4 ) .

IN THE LONGER TERM , THE MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT DECISION NO 2320/81/ECSC OF 7 AUGUST 1981 ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY RULES FOR AID TO THE STEEL INDUSTRY ( OJ NO L 228 , 13 . 8 . 1981 , P . 14 ) WILL BEGIN TO SHAPE THE STRUCTURE OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND TO DETERMINE THE PLANT UTILIZATION RATE .

FINALLY , ACTIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY'S STEEL INDUSTRY ALSO DEPENDS ON THE BALANCE OF TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES . A CLOSE WATCH WILL HAVE TO BE KEPT ON THE ACTION WHICH THE US STEEL INDUSTRY HAS TAKEN TO CURB EUROPEAN EXPORTS TO THE US MARKET .

THE LATEST FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT CRUDE STEEL PRODUCTION COULD REACH 123 MILLION TONNES IN 1982 . WITH THE SPECIFIC COKE INPUT SLIGHTLY BELOW THE 1981 LEVEL AT 525 KG PER TONNE , COKE CONSUMPTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY'S STEEL INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE CAN BE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 50,6 MILLION TONNES .

2 . POWER STATIONS

( TABLES 8 A , 8 B , 8 C , 8 D , 8 E AND 8 F )

2.1 . NET ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN THE COMMUNITY IN 1981 FELL 100 TWH SHORT OF LAST YEAR'S FORECASTS AND HELD STEADY AT THE 1980 LEVEL OF AROUND 1 200 TWH . THE SITUATION IMPROVED IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR , PARTICULARLY IN THE SERVICES SECTOR AND IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FIRMS . PROVIDED THE TREND CONTINUES IN 1982 , CONSUMPTION BY THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE COULD INCREASE BY 2,5 % .

2.2 . IN 1981 ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN THE COMMUNITY FELL BACK BY 0,6 % AS COMPARED WITH 1980 , MAINLY BECAUSE DENMARK IMPORTED MORE ELECTRICITY FROM THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC STATIONS IN SCANDINAVIA . THE CHANGES IN THE VARIOUS FUELS' SHARE OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN - SOLID FUELS AND NUCLEAR POWER TOOK THEIR SHARE UP TO 45 %AND 16,5 % RESPECTIVELY , WHILE HYDROCARBONS FELL TO 26,5 % ( ROUGHLY 15 % LESS THAN IN 1980 ) . THE SHARE OF HYDRO-ELECTRICITY REMAINED MORE OR LESS STABLE AT AROUND 12 % . NUCLEAR ENERGY SEEMS CERTAIN TO INCREASE ITS SHARE STILL FURTHER IN 1982 , WHILE COAL COULD BE USED TO GENERATE SOME OF THE EXTRA ELECTRICITY NEEDED TO SATISFY THE INCREASING DEMAND .

2.3 . THE PICTURE AS REGARDS COAL CONSUMPTION BY THE COMMUNITY'S POWER STATIONS WILL PROBABLY BE AS FOLLOWS :

* ( MILLION TONNES ) *

1980 : *184*

1981 : *181*

1982 : *183 TO 187 DEPENDING ON THE ECONOMIC SITUATION ( 5 )*

MOS OF THAT COAL WILL BE BURNT IN PUBLIC POWER STATIONS , WHICH REQUIRE BETWEEN 165 MILLION AND 168 MILLION TONNES PER YEAR . COMMUNITY COAL'S SHARE OF THAT TOTAL WILL REMAIN STABLE AT AROUND 70 % OF BETWEEN 127 MILLION AND 128 MILLION TONNES IN ALL . HOWEVER , THE OVERALL STABILITY CONCEALS A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE QUANTITIES OF HOME-PRODUCED COAL BURNT AND A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE , FROM 5,5 MILLION TONNES IN 1980 TO 7,4 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 . IMPORTS FROM NON-COMMUNITY COUNTRIES WENT DOWN FROM 41 MILLION TONNES IN 1980 TO 39 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 AND ONE CAN EXPECT THE TREND TO CONTINUE IN 1982 GIVEN THE SUBSTANTIAL STOCKS WHICH THE COMMUNITY'S ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS NOW HOLD .

THE NATIONAL FIGURES FOR THE COAL CONSUMPTION BY PUBLIC POWER STATIONS REVEAL MARKED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 1980 AND 1981 : CONSUMPTION WAS UP BY 50 % IN THE NETHERLANDS , BY 14 % IN ITALY AND BY 7 % IN GERMANY YET IT FELL BY 18 % IN FRANCE AND BY 6 % IN THE UNITED KINGDOM .

IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ANALYSE THOSE DIFFERENCES OR THE CORRESPONDING FORECASTS FOR 1982 HERE SINCE ACCOUNT MUST BE TAKEN OF THE MANY UNPREDICTABLE EVENTS WHICH CAN AFFECT CONSUMPTION ( E.G . EXCEPTIONAL COLD SPELLS PRECIPITATION OR EVEN THE UNAVAILABILITY OF NUCLEAR CAPACITY ; ONE MUST REMEMBER THAT IN ORDER TO GENERATE 10 TWH ( 0,8 % OF THE COMMUNITY'S TOTAL PRODUCTION ) SOME 3 TO 4 MILLION TONNES OF COAL OR THE EQUIVALENT IN ANOTHER FORM OF ENERGY , MUST BE BURNT . UNPREDICTABLE EVENTS WILL THEREFORE ASSUME INCREASING IMPORTANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY'S COAL SUPPLIES AND COAL STOCKS .

2.4 . SOLID-FUEL POWER STATIONS :

IT IS USEFUL TO HAVE AN IDEA OF THE CONVENTIONAL COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS IN OPERATION AT THE END OF 1980 AND OF THE NEW FACILITIES ( I.E . NEWLY BUILT POWER STATIONS OR STATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONVERTED FROM OIL TO COAL ) WHICH ARE TO COME INTO SERVICE FROM 1981 ONWARDS , IN ORDER TO FORM A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE PROSPECTS OF AN INCREASE IN THE CONSUMPTION OF SOLID FUELS - AND IN PARTICULAR OF COAL - OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS .

THAT IS WHY TABLES 8 E AND 8 F HAVE NOW BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR PRESENT FORM .

THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE COMMUNITY'S SOLID-FUEL STATIONS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1980 STOOD AT 121 MW , OR 50 % OF THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF ALL THE CONVENTIONAL STATIONS . THE NEW POWER STATIONS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR APPROVED WILL ADD A FURTHER 12 MW TO THAT TOTAL AND THE CONVERTED STATIONS 6 MW MORE . THEY SHOULD ALL COME INTO SERVICE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS . AFTER THAT PROJECTS AS YET UNSTARTED WILL ADD OVER 40 MW IN ITALY , GERMANY AND GREECE IN PARTICULAR .

3 . OTHER INDUSTRIES

( TABLE 9 )

HARD-COAL CONSUMPTION BY THIS SECTOR EXCEEDED 15 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 , ALMOST 10 % MORE THAN IN 1980 . THE INCREASES IN FRANCE AND ITALY OUTWEIGH THE REDUCTIONS IN BELGIUM AND THE UNITED KINGDOM . CONSUMPTION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN EVERY MEMBER STATE IN 1982 , TAKING TOTAL CONSUMPTION UP 24 % TO 19 MILLION TONNES ( 6 ) .

THIS PERCENTAGE IS CERTAINLY SIGNIFICANT , BUT THE STARTING POINT WAS EXTREMELY LOW . MOREOVER , COKE CONSUMPTION IS MOVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ; IN 1981 IT WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE 1980 LEVEL AT 3,3 MILLION TONNES , WHERE IT CAN BE EXPECTED TO STAY IN 1982 .

ALL IN ALL , THERE IS NO EVIDENCE IN THE FIGURES OF ANY SUBSTANTIAL SHIFT FROM OIL TO COAL BY INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS AT THIS STAGE . NEITHER THE NATIONAL MEASURES WHICH SEVERAL COUNTRIES HAVE TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE CONVERSION NOR COAL'S CURRENT PRICE ADVANTAGE HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE HESITANCY OR CONSTRAINTS WITHIN THE SECTOR . THE ORDERS PLACED FOR NEW COAL-FIRED INDUSTRIAL PLANT ARE STILL MINIMAL IN COMPARISON TO THE SCOPE FOR SUBSTITUTION WHICH THE VARIOUS REGIONAL ANALYSES HAVE REVEALED .

4 . DOMESTIC SECTOR

( TABLES 10 A AND 10 B )

IN CONTRAST WITH INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTION , DOMESTIC AND SIMILAR CONSUMPTION OF HARD COAL , COKE AND HARD-COAL BRIQUETTES HAS BEEN FALLING . IT DROPPED FROM 26 MILLION TONNES IN 1980 TO JUST OVER 24 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO SHED A FURTHER 0,5 MILLION TONNES IN 1982 .

IN ADDITION , 4,6 MILLION TONNES OF FUEL OF LOWER CALORIFIC VALUE , I.E . OF LIGNITE BRIQUETTES AND PEAT , WERE ALSO BURNT ; THERE IS NO SIGN OF THAT CONSUMPTION WEAKENING .

IN 1981 THE COMMUNITY AGREED TO EXTEND FOR A FURTHER YEAR THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPORTING 0,1 MILLION TONNES OF ANTHRACITE IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE SUPPLY DIFFICULTIES FACED BY BRITISH CONSUMERS UNTIL NEW PRODUCTION UNITS COME INTO OPERATION IN WALES .

THE CUTS IN THE HOUSE-COAL SUPPLY FROM POLAND AND THE SOVIET UNION HAS NOT HAD ANY APPRECIABLE IMPACT ON SUPPLIES IN THE MEMBER STATES AFFECTED .

IV . COMMUNITY COAL PRODUCTION

1 . PRODUCTION STATISTICS

( A ) QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF OUTPUT ( TABLES 11 AND 12 )

THE UPWARD TREND IN COMMUNITY COAL PRODUCTION IN 1980 DID NOT CONTINUE IN 1981 AND OUTPUT WILL DIP SLIGHTLY THIS YEAR TO 245,7 MILLION TONNES , MAINLY AS A RESULT OF THE 3 MILLION TONNES CUTBACK IN PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO CONTAIN STOCKPILING . OUTPUT ROSE SLIGHTLY IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND FRANCE .

THE SLIGHT VARIATIONS EXPECTED BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES SHOULD HELP TO KEEP COAL PRODUCTION IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AT THE SAME LEVEL THIS YEAR .

( B ) MANPOWER AND PRODUCTIVITY ( TABLES 13 AND 14 )

UNDERGROUND MANNING LEVELS FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE HAVE TENDED TO DROP ; AVERAGE LEVEL FOR 1982 IS EXPECTED TO BE 338 000 , OR 15 000 LESS THAN IN 1980 . MANPOWER TRENDS VARY FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER IN LINE WITH OUTPUT AND THE TREND IN PRODUCTION . IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY UNDERGROUND MANPOWER HAS RISEN BUT IN OTHER PRODUCER COUNTRIES HAS DROPPED TO VARYING DEGREES .

PRODUCTIVITY - EXPRESSED IN KILOGRAMS PER MAN/HOUR - IS HIGHEST IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC WHERE THE LEVEL HAS STABILIZED . IN THE OTHER COUNTRIES , EXCLUDING BELGIUM , PRODUCTIVITY HAS IMPROVED - AT DIFFERENT RATES - OWING TO MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN RATIONALIZATION PROGRAMMES .

2 . FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS

( A ) COSTS AND PROCEEDS ( TABLE 15 )

PRODUCTION COSTS IN THE COMMUNITY'S COAL INDUSTRY ROSE IN 1981 MAINLY BECAUSE WAGE INCREASES OUTSTRIPPED IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCTIVITY AND THERE WAS A GENERAL RISE IN THE PRICES OF MINING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES . IN SOME COUNTRIES COSTS ROSE FASTER THAN THE GENERAL RATE OF INFLATION .

THE RATE OF INCREASE IN COSTS IS EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THIS YEAR .

THE PROCEEDS FROM COMMUNITY COAL GENERALLY KEPT PACE WITH RISING WORLD MARKET PRICES IN 1980 ALTHOUGH THERE WERE LARGE VARIATIONS BETWEEN PRODUCER COUNTRIES .

THIS DIVERGENT TREND BETWEEN COSTS AND PROCEEDS WAS REFLECTED IN AN IMPROVEMENT IN RESULTS IN FRANCE , A LEVELLING-OFF IN BELGIUM AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND A DOWNTURN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM . ON AVERAGE , FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE , WORLD PRICE MOVEMENTS HAVE NOT BROUGHT ABOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT .

IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1981 THE UPWARD TREND IN PRICES BECAUSE EVEN MORE MARKED ON THE WORLD MARKET , AND WAS FURTHER AGGRAVATED BY THE TREND IN EXCHANGE RATES . IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR , WITH A REVERSAL IN THE TREND OF THESE TWO FACTORS , COMMUNITY COAL PROCEEDS FAILED TO REACH THEIR 1979/1980 LEVEL . RESULTS WERE WORSE IN THE TWO LEADING PRODUCER COUNTRIES BUT BETTER IN BELGIUM AND FRANCE .

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE SITUATION IN THE COAL INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED THIS YEAR .

( B ) FINANCIAL INTERVENTION BY MEMBER STATES ( TABLE 16 )

IN RECENT YEARS , ALL COMMUNITY COAL PRODUCERS HAVE REQUIRED INCREASING GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES , BUT THE AMOUNT OF AID PER TONNE VARIES GREATLY BETWEEN MEMBER STATES . TABLE 16 SHOWS THAT THE SUBSIDIES NEEDED BY THE BELGIAN COAL INDUSTRY ARE BY FAR THE HIGHEST , WHILE THOSE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE COMPARATIVELY LOW . IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND THAT THE LEVEL OF SUBSIDIES IS DETERMINED NOT ONLY BY PRODUCTION COSTS BUT ALSO BY THE EXTENT TO WHICH COMMUNITY COAL MUST BE SOLD AT PRICES ALIGNED ON THE WORLD MARKET OR , ALTERNATIVELY , BENEFITS FROM A PROTECTED INTERNAL MARKET .

THERE WAS A MORE MARKED TREND TOWARDS A HIGHER AVERAGE LEVEL OF SUBSIDIES PER TONNE OF COMMUNITY COAL IN 1981 COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEARS , ALTHOUGH THE FIGURE VARIED GREATLY FROM ONE PRODUCER COUNTRY OF ANOTHER ACCORDING TO THE SITUATION IN THEIR COAL INDUSTRY . THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDIES FELL IN BELGIUM , THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND FRANCE BUT VIRTUALLY TRIPLED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM .

FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE , THE TOTAL VOLUME OF SUBSIDIES AWARDED FOR CURRENT PRODUCTION IN 1981 UNDER DECISIONS NOS 73/287/ECSC AND 528/76/ECSC WAS 2,7 MILLION ECU .

3 . DEVELOPMENTS IN PRODUCTION CAPACITY

( A ) INVESTMENT IN COAL EXTRACTION AND PREPARATION ( TABLE 17 )

INVESTMENT IN THE COAL INDUSTRY REACHED A RECORD LEVEL IN 1981 , WITH COMPANIES UNDERTAKING LARGE-SCALE RATIONALIZATION PROGRAMMES ( IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIK OF GERMANY ) AND DEVELOPING NEW PRODUCTION CAPACITY ( E.G . IN THE SELBY COALFIELD IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ) .

THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN 1982 BUT THE PACE WILL NOT BE AS FAST . THE AMOUNTS SHOWN IN TABLE 17 RELATE ONLY TO INVESTMENT ON WHICH A START HAS BEEN MADE OR CONCERNING WHICH A DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN . IF POTENTIAL PLANNED INVESTMENT FOR 1982 IS INCLUDED , THE NOMINAL VOLUME OF INVESTMENTS IN 1982 MAY EXCEED 1,8 MILLION ECU FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE .

( B ) PIT CLOSURES ( TABLE 18 )

ELEVEN PITS WERE CLOSED IN 1981 , THE SAME NUMBER AS IN 1980 . THE PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF THE PITS WAS 2,7 MILLION COMPARED WITH 2,1 MILLION IN 1980 .

V . COAL PRICES

SINCE FLUCTUATIONS IN EXCHANGE RATES HAVE A MAJOR INFLUENCE , THE FOLLOWING LIST WHICH SHOWS THE MOVEMENTS OF THE US DOLLAR AGAINST COMMUNITY CURRENCIES MAY PROVE USEFUL :

1 US DOLLAR = *BFRS*DKR*DM*FF*LIT*FL*POUND*DR*

5 JANUARY 1981*31,44*6,01*1,95*4,52*929*2,12*0,416*49,50*

1 APRIL 1981*34,32*6,60*2,10*4,94*1 045*2,32*0,445*51,17*

4 JANUARY 1982*38,03*7,28*2,23*5,65*1 192*2,45*0,517*57,215*

1 . LISTED PRICE DEVELOPMENTS

( TABLES 19 A AND 19 B )

TABLES 19 A AND 19 B SHOW THE LISTED PRE-TAX PITHEAD PRICES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF COAL IN COALFIELDS ON THE CONTINENT AND A NUMBER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN NATIONAL CURRENCIES AND US DOLLARS RESPECTIVELY .

IN 1981 LISTED PRICES FOR COMMUNITY COAL CONTINUED TO RISE AT THE SAME RATE AS IN THE TWO PRECEDING YEARS ; THE INCREASES RANGED FROM 8 % TO 45 % . THE PRICE RISES TOOK THE FOLLOWING FORM IN THE MEMBER STATES :

BELGIUM :

TOTAL INCREASES RANGED FROM 8 % TO 27 % IN 1981 . A 1 % INCREASE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 WAS FOLLOWED BY AN 8 % TO 12 % INCREASE ON 1 MARCH , 3 % TO 8 % INCREASE ON 1 MAY , 2 % TO 7 % ( WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COKING COAL ) ON 1 OCTOBER AND 3 % TO 5 % INCREASE ON 1 JANUARY 1982 .

GERMANY :

THE OVERALL INCREASE FOR 1981 WAS 8 % TO 21 % . A 5 % TO 9 % INCREASE ON 15 JANUARY WAS FOLLOWED BY INCREASES OF 6 % TO 8 % ON 1 MARCH FOR INDUSTRIAL COKING COAL AND OF 3 % TO 9 % ON 1 APRIL FOR HOUSE COAL THERE WAS A FURTHER CROSS-THE-HAND INCREASE OF 5 % TO 10 % ON 1 JUNE AND 1 OCTOBER ( 2 % TO 8 % FOR THE DOMESTIC SECTOR ) .

FRANCE :

THE OVERALL INCREASE FOR 1981 WAS 14 % TO 45 % . POWER STATION COAL PRICES WERE RAISED BY 28 % ON 1 JANUARY 1981 TO BE FOLLOWED BY GENERAL PRICE RISES OF 11 % TO 16 % ON 1 FEBRUARY AND 1 MARCH AND AN INCREASE OF 14 % TO 27 % FOR DOMESTIC COAL ON 1 APRIL . THE PRICE OF POWER STATION COAL WAS RAISED AGAIN BY 7 % TO 14 % ON 1 JULY AND THAT OF COKE BY 3 % TO 8 % ON 1 SEPTEMBER .

UNITED KINGDOM :

THE OVERALL INCREASE WAS 10 % TO 26 % FOR INDUSTRIAL COAL AND 14 % TO 23 % FOR HOUSE COAL . THE PRICE OF COKING COAL AND INDUSTRIAL COAL WAS RAISED BY 3 % TO 11 % , OF DOMESTIC COAL BY 7 % TO 13 % AND OF INDUSTRIAL COKE BY 9 % ON 1 JANUARY 1981 TO BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND RISE OF 8 % FOR COKING AND INDUSTRIAL COAL AND OF 6 % TO 10 % FOR THE DOMESTIC SECTOR ON 1 NOVEMBER .

ITALY :

ITALIAN COKE PRICES WERE INCREASED BY 25 % SPREAD IN THREE STAGES OVER THE YEAR : 8 % TO 10 % ON 2 FEBRUARY , 5 % TO 12 % ON 21 APRIL AND 10 % ON 1 OCTOBER .

2 . COKING COAL

( TABLE 20 )

THE GUIDE PRICE ( 7 ) ROSE BY 24 % ( 17 DOLLARS ) FROM US DOLLAR 69,95 TO US DOLLAR 86,55 PER TONNE BETWEEN 1980 AND THE END OF 1981 .

A COMPARISON OF THE GUIDE PRICE AND COMMUNITY PRICES ( IN TWO CURRENCIES BY WAY OF EXAMPLE ) DURING 1981 IS GIVEN BELOW :

*END 1980*END OF 1981*PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN % *

*DOLLARS/T*DM/T*POUND/T*DOLLARS/T*DM/T*POUND/T**

GUIDE PRICE ( DOLLARS/T ) *69,95***86,55***24*

GUIDE PRICE ( DM/T ) **126,67***201,14**59*

GUIDE PRICE ( POUND/T ) ***29,27***47,16*61*

LISTED PRICE ( DM/T ) (*)** 217***244,50**13*

LISTED PRICE ( POUND/T ) (*)*** 50,60***55,50*10*

(*) NOT ADJUSTED FOR QUALITY .

THE TABLE SHOWS THAT THE GAP BETWEEN IMPORTED COAL PRICES AND COMMUNITY COAL PRICES HAS NARROWED CONSIDERABLY ( FROM DM 90 TO DM 43 PER TONNE AND FROM POUND 21 TO POUND 8 PER TONNE ) . THIS TREND IS DUE TO THE RECOVERY OF THE DOLLAR AND THE DEMURRAGE CHARGES FOR VESSELS AWAITING LOADING IN AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN PORTS ; THESE COSTS ACCOUNT FOR 9 % ( DOLLARS 6,20 PER TONNE ) OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED INCREASE IN THE GUIDE PRICE .

LOADING DELAYS IN EAST COAST PORTS IN THE UNITED STATES WERE AS MUCH AS AND IN SOME CASES EVEN MORE THAN THREE MONTHS IN EARLY 1981 . DEMURRAGE HAS SINCE BEEN GREATLY REDUCED AS A RESULT OF A NUMBER OF MEASURES TAKEN TO ORGANIZE A ROTA SYSTEM FOR VESSELS AND AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MARKET SITUATION .

3 . STEAM COAL

( TABLE 20 )

THE AVERAGE PRICE ( CIF ARA ) FOR IMPORTED COAL FOR COMMUNITY ELECTRICITY GENERATING STATIONS INCREASED FROM DOLLARS 63 TO DOLLARS 70 BETWEEN THE END OF 1980 AND THE END OF 1981 ( 8 ) .

COMPARABLE PRICES FOR COMMUNITY COAL RANGED FROM DOLLARS 95 TO DOLLARS 128 AT THE END OF 1980 AND DOLLARS 99 TO DOLLARS 125 PER TONNE AT THE END OF 1981 . HERE TOO THE GAP HAS NARROWED OWING TO MOVEMENTS IN EXCHANGE RATES ( 7 ) .

IN RECENT YEARS THE PRICE OF STEAM COAL HAS RISEN MORE RAPIDLY THAN THAT OF COKING COAL BECAUSE THE WORLD MARKET FOR COKING COAL HAS NOT EXPANDED AS QUICKLY . THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR COKING COAL IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY WAS - AT THE SAME CALORIFIC VALUES - 65 % HIGHER THAN THAT OF STEAM COAL IN 1977 ; BY 1980 THE GAP HAD NARROWED TO 10 % AND WAS AS LOW AS 3 % BY EARLY LAST YEAR BUT HAD RISEN AGAIN TO 22 % BY THE END OF THE YEAR .

COMMUNITY STEAM COAL PRICES LIE BETWEEN THOSE OF IMPORTED COAL AND FUEL OIL . THEY ARE COMPARABLE IN BELGIUM , FRANCE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM . IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS ARE CHARGED A COAL LEVY WHICH ENABLES POWER STATIONS TO PAY A HIGHER PRICE TO COAL PRODUCERS AND ENCOURAGES INVESTMENT IN NEW COAL MINING CAPACITY .

4 . OUTLOOK FOR 1982

EVEN IF COMMUNITY COAL DEMAND REMAINS AT THE SAME LEVEL THIS YEAR , EXPANSION OF THE WORLD MARKET MAY ENCOURAGE SMALL PRICE INCREASES WHICH WOULD BE USED TO FINANCE NEW CAPACITY . OTHER FACTORS MAY , HOWEVER , HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT , E.G . EFFORTS TO ABOLISH DEMURRAGE AND AN IMPROVEMENT IN COAL'S COMPETITIVE POSITION ON THE WORLD MARKET .

VI . COKE

1 . COKING CAPACITY

( TABLE 21 )

COKE PRODUCTION CAPACITY ( EXCLUDING SEMI-COKE CAPACITY OF 2,5 MILLION TONNES ) WAS 74,5 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 , 1,8 MILLION TONNES LESS THAN IN 1980 . THIS DROP IS MAINLY DUE TO CLOSURES AND RESTRUCTURING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM .

A NEW ONE-MILLION-TONNE PLANT WILL ENTER INTO SERVICE THIS YEAR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM STEEL INDUSTRY . A FURTHER 0,2 MILLION TONNES IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES IS ALSO SCHEDULED GIVING A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 75,7 MILLION TONNES BY THE END OF THE YEAR , PROVIDING THERE ARE NO FURTHER CLOSURES .

SINCE VIRTUALLY HALF THE COKE OVENS ARE MORE THAN 20 YEARS OLD , CAPACITY WILL FALL TO 65 MILLION TONNES AND 45 MILLION TONNES BY 1990 AS THEY ARE GRADUALLY TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE . THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE FELT IN THE CENTRAL REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY , BOTH BY THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND BY OTHER INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS , AND AS REGARDS EXPORTS FROM NON-COMMUNITY COUNTRIES . SOME WAY OF RECTIFYING THIS SITUATION WILL HENCE HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED IN DUE COURSE . IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND THAT THE AVERAGE CAPITAL COST FOR A ONE-MILLION-TONNE PLANT IS BETWEEN 75 AND 150 MILLION ECU DEPENDING ON WHETHER THIS INVOLVES RENOVATION OR BUILDING A NEW PLANT .

2 . COKE PRODUCTION AND COAL SUPPLIES TO COKE OVENS

( TABLES 22 AND 23 )

COKE PRODUCTION WAS 63,5 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 , 3,4 MILLION TONNES ( 5 % ) LESS THAN IN THE PRECEDING YEAR . THIS TREND WAS APPARENT IN ALL COUNTRIES BUT WAS PARTICULARLY MARKED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHERE COAL PRODUCTION FELL BY 1,7 MILLION TONNES .

A SIMILAR LEVEL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THIS YEAR ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM .

SUPPLIES OF COAL TO COKE OVENS TOTALLED 85 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 , 3 MILLION LESS THAN IN THE TWO PRECEDING YEARS , WHEREAS SUPPLIES FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY MAINTAINED THEIR 28 % SHARE OF TOTAL SUPPLIES AT OVER 23 MILLION TONNES . THERE WAS A RISE OF ONE MILLION TONNES IN INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE .

TOTAL SUPPLIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BY SOME 2 MILLION TONNES IN 1982 WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION .

VII . TRADE IN COAL AND COKE

1 . INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE

( TABLES 24 AND 25 )

BETWEEN 1980 AND 1981 INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN COAL ROSE BY 3 MILLION TONNES BUT INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN COKE FELL BY 0,6 MILLION TONNES .

THE LEVEL OF TRADE IN COAL WAS 17 MILLION TONNES IN 1980 COMPARED WITH AROUND 20 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 . THE INCREASE IS DUE TO TWO OPPOSING TRENDS :

- A FURTHER ONE-MILLION-TONNE FALL IN DELIVERIES FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC ( PARTICULARLY OF COKING COAL ) ;

- A 3,6-MILLION-TONNES INCREASE IN DELIVERIES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM ( PARTICULARLY OF STEAM COAL TO DENMARK , FRANCE AND GERMANY ) .

THE LEVEL OF TRADE IN COKE WAS 7,6 MILLION TONNES IN 1980 AND 7 MILLION TONNES IN 1981 . THE DECLINE IN DELIVERIES FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC ( 0,8 MILLION TONNES ) WAS PARTLY OFFSET BY AN INCREASE ( OF 0,15 MILLION TONNES ) IN DELIVERIES BY THE UNITED KINGDOM .

OVERALL THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC DELIVERED A FURTHER 16 MILLION TONNES TO THE OTHER MEMBER STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM SUPPLIED A TOTAL OF 8 MILLION TONNES PARTLY AS A RESULT OF THE SLUMP IN DELIVERIES OF POLISH COAL .

A SLIGHT DECLINE ( OF 1,7 MILLION TONNES ) IS EXPECTED IN TRADE IN COAL BUT NO CHANGE IN THAT IN COKE IN 1982 .

2 . TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES

( A ) IMPORTS ( TABLES 26 AND 27 A )

THE LEVEL OF IMPORTS DROPPED SLIGHTLY IN 1981 , THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEY BEGIN TO RISE IN 1974 ( 38 MILLION TONNES ) , TO BELOW 71 MILLION TONNES , 5 % ( 3,7 MILLION TONNES ) LOWER THAN IN 1980 .

THIS DECLINE AFFECTS ALL THREE MAIN TYPES OF COAL ( STEAM , COKE AND OTHER ) EQUALLY . IT HAD BEEN EXPECTED FOR COKING COAL BUT NOT FOR STEAM COAL .

THE LARGEST FALL IN IMPORTS WAS RECORDED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ( 3 MILLION TONNES OR 43 % ) AND IN FRANCE ( 2,5 MILLION TONNES OR 11 % ) . THERE WAS A REVERSE TREND IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ( A RISE OF 1 MILLION TONNES OR 14 % ) , THE NETHERLANDS ( A RISE OF 0,6 MILLION TONNES OR 12 % ) AND ITALY ( A RISE OF 1,2 MILLION TONNES OR 8 % ) . THESE FIGURES REFLECT THE RAISING OF THE GERMAN QUOTA AND INCREASED USE OF SUBSTITUTES FOR OIL .

THESE UPWARD AND DOWNWARD TRENDS ARE EVEN MORE MARKED ON THE SUPPLY SIDE . THE UNITED STATES INCREASED ITS EXPORTS BY 6 MILLION TONNES ( SUPPLYING 34,5 MILLION TONNES INSTEAD OF 28,3 MILLION ) DESPITE A TWO-MILLION-TONNE DROP IN COKING COAL ORDERS . POLAND'S EXPORTS WERE REDUCED BY 9 MILLION TONNES FROM 13,7 TO 4,8 MILLION AND THE USSR'S EXPORTS BY 1,4 MILLION TONNES FROM 2,7 TO 1,3 MILLION , SOUTH AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA MAINTAINED THEIR SHARES AT SOME 20 AND 8 MILLION TONNES RESPECTIVELY .

DESPITE THE DECLINE IN POLISH EXPORTS AND A STRIKE OF NEARLY THREE MONTHS BY MINERS IN THE EAST OF AMERICA THERE WAS NO SHORT FALL IN SUPPLIES OR SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPLY ( 9 ) . THE DROP IN POLISH AND RUSSIAN SUPPLIES WAS OFFSET BY THE INCREASE IN AMERICAN DELIVERIES AND IN INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE AND THE OVERALL DECLINE IN COMMUNITY IMPORTS .

THERE WERE SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY SUPPLIES FROM THIRD COUNTRIES . THE UNITED STATES' SHARE ROSE FROM 38 % TO 49 % , THAT OF CANADA FROM 1 % TO 2 % AND OF SOUTH AFRICA FROM 26 % TO 27 % ; AUSTRALIA'S SHARE REMAINED THE SAME AT 11 % WHILE THAT OF POLAND AND THE USSR FELL FROM 22 % TO 9 % .

IN 1982 IMPORTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE JUST UNDER 70 MILLION TONNES WITH A DROP OF 2 MILLION TONNES IN DELIVERIES FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND AN INCREASE OF 1 MILLION TONNES IN THOSE FROM THE UNITED STATES - WHOSE SHARE WILL PROBABLY EXCEED 50 % . POLISH EXPORTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINTAINED AT THEIR 1981 LEVEL BUT COKING COAL SALES MAY BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER . POLISH STEAM COAL EXPORTS WILL BE INFLUENCED BY SEVERAL FACTORS WHICH MAY AFFECT THE LEVEL OF DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION ( ELECTRICITY GENERATION , INDUSTRIAL USES OF COAL , RATIONAL USE OF ENERGY ) .

( B ) EXPORTS ( TABLE 27 B )

COAL SALES BY COMMUNITY PRODUCERS TO THIRD COUNTRIES ROSE BY NEARLY 5,2 MILLION TONNES ( 44 % ) TO 7,5 MILLION TONNES BETWEEN 1980 AND 1981 ; EXPORTS OF COKE REMAINED STABLE . THE INCREASE IS SHARED BY THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM .

A FALL IN SALES BY GERMANY ( 1 MILLION TONNES ) IS EXPECTED THIS YEAR BUT THIS SHOULD BE PARTLY OFFSET BY A FURTHER RISE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM'S COAL EXPORTS . COKE EXPORTS WILL PROBABLY DECREASE EVEN FURTHER ( BY 0,5 MILLION TONNES ) BUT WILL STILL BE HIGHER THAN COAL EXPORTS .

VIII . STOCKS OF COAL AND COKE

( TABLES 28 A , 28 B , 29 A AND 29 B , AND 30 )

IN VIEW OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SOLID FUEL STOCKS FOR SECURITY OF ENERGY SUPPLY IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL VOLUME OF THESE STOCKS AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION IN MORE DETAIL AND NO LONGER TO PUBLISH A BREAKDOWN BY COALFIELD GROUP AND TYPE . ALL THE FIGURES NOW RELATE TO THE END OF THE YEAR IN QUESTION AND NOT TO VARIOUS DATES .

TOTAL COAL STOCKS ( INCLUDING COKE EXPRESSED AS COAL EQUIVALENT ) AT THE END OF 1981 WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 118 MILLION TONNES FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE OR THE EQUIVALENT OF 139 DAYS OF CONSUMPTION IN 1981 .

MOST OF THESE STOCKS ARE AT THE COLLIERIES OR IN ELECTRICITY GENERATING STATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY . A TOTAL OF 23 MILLION TONNES IS HELD IN VARIOUS PORTS OR DEPOTS .

1 . PRODUCERS' STOCKS OF COAL AND COKE

( TABLE 28 A )

THESE STOCKS ROSE FROM 51 MILLION TONNES AT THE END OF 1980 TO 60 MILLION AT THE END OF 1981 AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 68 MILLION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR , INCLUDING COKE ( BY 1,3 ) . ALTHOUGH COKE STOCKS HAVE MORE OR LESS LEVELLED OFF , COAL STOCKS ROSE BY 25 % BETWEEN 1980 AND 1981 IN THE THREE MAIN PRODUCER COUNTRIES .

IN RELATIVE TERMS COAL STOCKS CORRESPONDED TO APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS OF PRODUCTION AT THE END OF 1981 .

COAL STOCKS WILL PROBABLY INCREASE BY A FURTHER 5,5 MILLION TONNES IN 1982 IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ( A RISE OF 11 % ) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ( A RISE OF 15 % ) . COKE STOCKS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 2 MILLION TONNES , MAINLY IN GERMANY AND FRANCE .

2 . STOCKS OF COAL AT POWER STATIONS

( TABLE 28 B )

THESE STOCKS ROSE FROM 40 MILLION TONNES AT THE END OF 1980 TO OVER 48 MILLION TONNES BY THE END OF 1981 ( AN INCREASE OF 21 % ) . THIS INCREASE IS SHARED BY DENMARK ( 80 % OR 3 MILLION TONNES ) , FRANCE ( 2 MILLION TONNES ) AND GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS ( 1 MILLION TONNES ) .

3 . OTHER STOCKS AND THEIR LOCATION

( TABLES 29 A AND 29 B )

IN ADDITION TO THESE ABOVE TWO CATEGORIES OF STOCKS THERE ARE ALSO COAL STOCKS AT COKE OVENS ( NEARLY 4 MILLION TONNES ) AND IN PORTS AND DEPOTS ( 19 MILLION TONNES INCLUDING 9 MILLION TONNES ALREADY INCLUDED UNDER PRODUCERS' STOCKS ) .

IN COMPARISON TO TABLE 28 A , TABLES 29 A AND B SHOW THAT OF " PRODUCERS' STOCKS " OF 46 MILLION TONNES AT THE END OF 1981 , ONLY 34 MILLION TONNES ARE PITHEAD STOCKS . THE DIFFERENCE ARISES IN GERMANY , WHERE 7 MILLION TONNES CONSTITUTE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S " NATIONAL RESERVE " , AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , WHERE SOME 5 MILLION TONNES ARE HELD IN PRODUCERS' DEPOTS IN THE AREAS OF CONSUMPTION .

SIMILARLY , ALTHOUGH SOME POWER STATIONS STOCKS BELONG TO POWER STATIONS THEY ARE HELD IN FRENCH OR DUTCH PORTS ( A TOTAL OF 1,8 MILLION TONNES ) .

IN THE CASE OF COKE , SOME 3 MILLION TONNES OUT OF THE TOTAL PRODUCERS' STOCKS OF 10 MILLION TONNES ALSO FROM PART OF THE GERMAN " NATIONAL RESERVE " MENTIONED ABOVE .

4 . THE DEGREE OF SECURITY PROVIDED BY STOCKS

( TABLE 30 )

IN TERMS OF DAYS OF CONSUMPTION OF COAL AND COKE IN 1981 , STOCKS COVERED FROM 36 ( ITALY ) TO 310 DAYS ( DENMARK ) DEPENDING ON THE COUNTRY . THE COMMUNITY AVERAGE WAS 139 DAYS ; THE LEVELS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , FRANCE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE VERY CLOSE TO THIS FIGURE .

( 1 ) THE FIGURES INCLUDE INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN COAL BUT EXCLUDE THAT IN COKE SINCE THERE IS NO EQUIVALENT ON THE WORLD MARKET ( 7 MILLION TONNES IN 1979 AND 7 MILLION TONNES IN 1982 ) .

( 2 ) SEE " THE COMMUNITY COAL MARKET IN 1980 - OUTLOOK FOR 1981 " OJ NO C 123 , 25 . 5 . 1981 , P . 3 .

( 3 ) THE CONSUMPTION FIGURES FOR 1980 , THE YEAR OF THE STEEL STRIKE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , WERE MUCH THE SAME AS FOR 1981 .

( 4 ) DECISION NO 2794/80/ECSC OF 31 OCTOBER 1980 ( OJ NO L 291 , 31 . 10 . 1980 ) EXPIRED ON 30 JUNE 1981 AND WAS SUPERSEDED BY DECISION NO 1831/81/ECSC OF 24 JUNE 1981 ESTABLISHING FOR UNDERTAKINGS IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY A MONITORING SYSTEM AND A NEW SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION QUOTAS IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ( OJ NO L 180 , 1 . 7 . 1981 ) , WHICH IS TO APPLY FROM 1 JULY 1981 TO 30 JUNE 1982 .

( 5 ) EXCLUDING 150 MILLION TONNES OF LIGNITE , MAINLY OF GERMAN ORIGIN ( SEE TABLE 8 C ) .

( 6 ) THE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE THE CONSUMPTION FOR PRIVATE ELECTRICITY GENERATION ( SEE SECTION 2 ABOVE ) .

( 7 ) MEAN VALUE CIF ARA OF COKING COAL IMPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA UNDER MEDIUM AND LONGTERM CONTRACTS .

( 8 ) PRICES ARE ON THE BASIS OF 1 TONNE = 29,3 GJ .

( 9 ) THE EFFECTS ON PRICES ARE ANALYSED IN CHAPTER V .

TABLE 1

SHARES OF THE VARIOUS FORMS OF PRIMARY ENERGY IN GROSS INTERNAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION

*1979 ( EUROSTAT ) *1980 ( EUROSTAT ) *1981 ESTIMATE*1982 FORECAST*

*MILLION TOE* % *MILLION TOE* % *MILLION TOE* % *MILLION TOE* % *

HARD COAL*191,3*19,4*189,8*20,1*185,0*20,4*186,0*20,5*

LIGNITE*32,1*3,2*32,9*3,5*35,6*3,9*35,0*3,8*

OIL*536,7*54,5*493,8*52,3*449,6*49,5*440,0*48,5*

NATURAL GAS*172,4*17,5*169,2*17,9*164,8*18,2*165,0*18,2*

NUCLEAR ENERGY*37,2*3,8*42,7*4,6*56,0*6,2*66,5*7,3*

OTHER*15,4*1,6*15,4*1,6*16,3*1,8*15,5*1,7*

TOTAL*985,1*100,0*943,8*100,0*907,3*100,0*908,0*100,0*

TABLE 2

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN REAL TERMS

( PERCENTAGE VARIATION COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEAR )

* ( % ) *

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 FORECASTS ( 1 )*

BELGIUM*2,4* - 1,4*0,5*

DENMARK* - 0,2* - 1,2*2,5*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*1,9*0,0*1,5*

GREECE*1,6* - 0,2*1,25*

FRANCE*1,3*0,1*2,75*

IRELAND*1,9*1,7*1,5*

ITALY*4,0* - 0,8*1,5*

LUXEMBOURG*0,4* - 3,0*MORE OR LESS 0*

NETHERLANDS*0,6* - 1,1*0,75*

UNITED KINGDOM* - 1,4* - 1,4*1*

EUR-10*1,4* - 0,5*1,5*

( 1 ) PERCENTAGES ROUNDED OFF TO QUARTER OF A POINT .

TABLE 3

COMMUNITY COAL CONSUMPTION BY SECTOR AND BY MEMBER STATE

( MILLION TONNES )

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 FORECASTS* % 1981/1980* % 1982/1981*

A . SECTOR******

THERMAL POWER STATIONS*183,8*180,7*182,6* - 2* + 1*

COKE OVENS*88,0*84,5*83,3* - 4* - 2*

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY*1,8*1,2*1,2* - 33* - *

OTHER INDUSTRIES*14,0*15,2*18,9* + 9* + 23*

DOMESTIC SECTOR*17,5*16,5*16,2* - 5* - 2*

PATENT FUEL PLANTS*4,3*3,8*3,7* - 12* - 3*

OWN CONSUMPTION AT MINES*1,8*1,8*1,6* - * - 11*

GASWORKS AND OTHERS*2,1*1,3*1,2* + 8* - 8*

STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE* + 0,2*1,0* - * - * - *

TOTAL*313,5*306,0*308,7* - 3* + 1*

B . STATE******

BELGIUM*16,7*17,0*17,6* + 2* + 4*

DENMARK*9,6*8,0*9,8* - 17* + 23*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*91,8 ( 1)*91,9*94,7* - * + 3*

FRANCE*46,5*43,8*39,6* - 6* - 9*

GREECE*0,5*0,2*0,9* - 60* + 350*

IRELAND*1,2*1,4*1,2* + 17* - 14*

ITALY*17,0*18,5*20,1* + 9* + 9*

LUXEMBOURG*0,4*0,3*0,2* - 17* - 32*

NETHERLANDS*6,0*6,1*7,0* + 2* + 15*

UNITED KINGDOM*123,8*118,9*117,6* - 4* - 1*

TOTAL*313,5*306,0*308,7* - 3* + 1*

( 1 ) OF WHICH 0,7 STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES .

TABLE 4

STEEL AND PIG IRON PRODUCTION

( 1 000 TONNES )

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 FORECASTS*1981/1980 % *

A . STEEL*****

BELGIUM*12 321*12 283*N . A .* - *

DENMARK*734*611*N . A .* - 17*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*43 838*41 606*N . A .* - 5*

FRANCE*23 172*21 226*N . A .* - 8*

GREECE*920 ( 1)*901*N . A .* - 2*

IRELAND*2*32*N . A .* - *

ITALY*26 501*24 674*N . A .* - 7*

LUXEMBOURG*4 619*3 792*N . A .* - 18*

NETHERLANDS*5 272*5 474*N . A .* + 4*

UNITED KINGDOM*11 278 ( 2)*15 354*N . A .* + 36*

EUR-10*128 657*125 953*123 000* - 2*

B . PIG IRON*****

BELGIUM*9 905*9 804*N . A .* - 1*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*33 873*31 873*N . A .* - 6*

FRANCE*19 159*17 273*N . A .* - 10*

GREECE*600 ( 1)*125 ( 1 ) ( 3)*N . A .* - *

ITALY*12 219*12 318*N . A .* - *

LUXEMBOURG*3 568*2 888*N . A .* - 19*

NETHERLANDS*4 328*4 591*N . A .* + 6*

UNITED KINGDOM*6 412*9 490*N . A .* + 48*

EUR-10*90 064*88 362*87 000* - 2*

( 1 ) ESTIMATE .

( 2 ) EFFECT OF STRIKE .

( 3 ) PRODUCTION STOPPAGE DURING YEAR .

TABLE 5

SPECIFIC COKE IMPUT IN BLAST FURNACES

* ( KG/TONNE ) *

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 FORECASTS*

BELGIUM*533*543*550*

DENMARK* - * - * - *

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*513*540*535*

FRANCE*519*530*515*

GREECE*403*450* - *

IRELAND* - * - * - *

ITALY*460*460*460*

LUXEMBOURG*542*550*550*

NETHERLANDS*441*475*510*

UNITED KINGDOM*579*575*575*

EUR-10*513*528*525*

TABLE 6

CONSUMPTION OF COKE-OVEN COKE IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY

( 1 000 TONNES )

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 FORECASTS* % 1981/1980* % 1982/1981*

BELGIUM*6 147*5 700*5 500* - 7* - 4*

DENMARK*13*30*25* + 131* - 17*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*19 914*19 200*18 500* - 3* - 4*

FRANCE*11 273*10 050*9 650* - 10* - 4*

GREECE*242*65*25* - 73* - 62*

IRELAND* - * - * - * - * - *

ITALY*6 441*6 650*6 620* + 3* - *

LUXEMBOURG*2 290*1 900*2 000* - 16* + 5*

NETHERLANDS*2 076*2 360*2 250* + 14* - 5*

UNITED KINGDOM*4 251*6 150*6 050* - ( 1 )* - 2*

EUR-10*52 647*52 130*50 620* - 1* - 3*

USED IN : ******

BLAST FURNACES*46 217*46 550*45 650* + 1* - 2*

ORE SINTERING PLANTS*6 321*5 420*4 800* - 14* - 11*

OTHERS*109*130*170* + 19* + 31*

( 1 ) EFFECT OF STRIKE IN 1980 .

TABLE 7

COKE CONSUMPTION BY SECTOR

( 1 000 TONNES )

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 FORECASTS* % 1981/1980* % 1982/1981*

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY ( 1)*52 647*52 130*50 620* - 1* - 3*

OTHER INDUSTRIES ( 2)*3 841*3 276*3 208* - 15* - 2*

DOMESTIC SECTOR ( 3)*4 515*3 887*3 667* - 14* - 6*

OTHERS*1 395*1 357*1 335* - 3* - 2*

STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE* + 761* - * - * - * - *

TOTAL*63 159*60 650*58 830* - 4* - 3*

( 1 ) SEE TABLE 6 ( FIGURES COUNTRY BY COUNTRY ) .

( 2 ) SEE TABLE 9 B ( FIGURES COUNTRY BY COUNTRY ) .

( 3 ) SEE TABLE 10 A ( FIGURES COUNTRY BY COUNTRY ) .

TABLE 8 A

NET ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN THE COMMUNITY

BREAKDOWN BY ENERGY SOURCES

*PRODUCTION IN TWH* % BREAKDOWN*TWH % CHANGE*

*ACTUAL*ESTIMATES*FORECASTS*ACTUAL*ESTIMATES*FORECASTS**

*1980*1981*1982*1980*1981*1982*1981/1980*1982/1981*

TOTAL PRODUCTION : *1 207,3*1 200,0*1 241,0*100*100*100* - 1* + 3*

BELGIUM*51,0*48,1*50,2*4,2*4,0*4,0* - 6* + 4*

DENMARK*23,9*17,4*24,6*2,0*1,4*2,0* - 27* + 41*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*347,4*345,9*351,4*28,8*28,8*28,3* - * + 2*

GREECE*21,3*22,0*23,0*1,7*1,8*1,8* + 3* + 5*

FRANCE*246,6*263,6*277,6*20,4*22,0*22,4* + 7* + 5*

IRELAND*10,3*10,3*10,5*0,9*0,9*0,9* - * + 2*

ITALY*177,4*173,8*180,1*14,7*14,5*14,5* - 2* + 4*

LUXEMBOURG*1,1*1,3*1,4*0,1*0,1*0,1* + 20* + 14*

NETHERLANDS*62,0*61,2*61,4*5,1*5,1*5,0* - 1* - *

UNITED KINGDOM*266,3*256,4*260,8*22,1*21,4*21,0* - 4* + 2*

HYDROELECTRIC : TOTAL*146,2*148,0*142,0*12,1*12,3*11,5* + 1* - 4*

- NATURAL FLOW*139,8*140,2*132,6*11,6*11,7*10,7* - * - 5*

- PUMPED STORAGE*6,4*7,8*9,4*0,5*0,6*0,8* + 22* + 20*

GEOTHERMAL*2,6*2,6*2,7*0,2*0,2*0,2* + 1* + 4*

NUCLEAR*149,4*197,5*233,3*12,4*16,5*18,8* + 32* + 18*

CONVENTIONAL THERMAL : TOTAL*909,1*851,9*863,0*75,3*71,0*69,5* - 6* + 1*

- COAL*406,5*400,8*417,3*33,7*33,4*33,6* - 1* + 4*

- LIGNITE AND PEAT*103,0*107,1*109,3*8,5*8,9*8,8* + 4* + 2*

- OIL PRODUCTS*264,1*226,9*206,1*21,9*18,9*16,6* - 14* - 9*

- NATURAL GAS*107,9*89,5*102,5*8,9*7,5*8,3* - 17* + 15*

- DERIVED GASES*21,1***1,8*****

- OTHER FUELS*6,5***0,5*****

**27,6*27,8**2,3*2,2* - * + 1*

TABLE 8 B

FUEL CONSUMPTION BY CONVENTIONAL THERMAL POWER STATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY 1980-1982

( IN PETAJOULES ( 10 15 ) LCV )

*TOTAL*CONSUMPTION IN PETAJOULES FOR ELECTRICITY ALONE* % BREAKDOWN* % CHANGE*

*ACTUAL*ACTUAL*ESTIMATES*FORECASTS*ACTUAL*ESTIMATES* FORECASTS**

*1980*1980*1981*1982*1980*1981*1982*1981/1980*1982/1981*

BELGIUM**********

HARD COAL*124,8*122,7*136,0*156,0*33*40*44* + 11* + 15*

OIL PRODUCTS*171,4*165,1*127,6*126,0*44*37*36* - 23* - 1*

NATURAL GAS*66,4*57,5*45,6*39,0*15*13*11* - 21* - 14*

OTHER*32,6*32,0*34,0*30,7*8*10*9* + 6* - 10*

TOTAL*395,2*377,3*343,2*351,7*100*100*100* - 9* + 2*

DENMARK**********

HARD COAL*211,9*181,2*140,7*203,2*80*85*87* - 22* + 44*

OIL PRODUCTS*50,0*45,7*24,9*30,1*20*15*13* - 46* + 21*

TOTAL*261,9*226,9*165,6*233,3*100*100*100* - 27* + 41*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY**********

HARD COAL*1 101,3*1 050,0*1 091,0*1 124,0*36*38*39* + 4* + 3*

LIGNITE*988,3*988,3*1 004,0*1 004,0*34*35*35* + 2* - *

OIL PRODUCTS*241,6*217,7*172,0*164,0*7*6*6* - 21* - 5*

NATURAL GAS*559,5*522,0*441,0*428,0*18*16*15* - 15* - 3*

OTHER*135,7*129,5*131,7*136,0*5*5*5* + 2* + 4*

TOTAL*3 026,4*2 907,5*2 839,7*2 856,0*100*100*100* - 2* + 1*

GREECE**********

LIGNITE*105,6*105,6*131,8*148,6*53*64*67* + 25* + 13*

OIL PRODUCTS*90,7*90,7*73,1*71,1*46*35*32* - 19* - 3*

OTHER*1,1*1,1*1,1*1,1*1*1*1* - * - *

TOTAL*197,4*197,4*206,0*220,8*100*100*100* + 4* + 7*

FRANCE**********

HARD COAL*565,1*565,1*484,0*477,0*48*52*54* - 14* - 1*

LIGNITE*30,6*30,6*29,7*33,0*3*3*4* - 3* + 11*

OIL PRODUCTS*446,9*446,9*311,0*267,5*38*34*30* - 30* - 14*

NATURAL GAS*55,3*55,3*34,8*33,2*5*4*4* - 37* - 5*

OTHER*72,0*72,0*67,9*67,3*6*7*8* - 6* - 1*

TOTAL*1 169,9*1 169,9*927,4*878,0*100*100*100* - 21* - 5*

TABLE 8 B

( CONTINUED )

( IN PETAJOULES ( 10 15 ) LCV )

*TOTAL*CONSUMPTION IN PETAJOULES FOR ELECTRICITY ALONE* % BREAKDOWN* % CHANGE*

*ACTUAL*ACTUAL*ESTIMATES*FORECASTS*ACTUAL*ESTIMATES* FORECASTS**

*1980*1980*1981*1982*1980*1981*1982*1981/1980*1982/1981*

IRELAND**********

HARD COAL*1,0*1,0*0,7*1,1*1*1*1* - 30* + 57*

PEAT*25,4*25,4*25,5*30,1*25*25*28* - * + 18*

OIL PRODUCTS*60,6*60,6*44,0*37,0*59*43*35* - 27* - 16*

NATURAL GAS*16,1*16,1*31,8*37,6*15*31*36* + 98* + 18*

TOTAL*103,1*103,1*102,0*105,8*100*100*100* - 1* + 4*

ITALY**********

HARD COAL*123,7*123,7*143,5*147,0*10*12*12* + 16* + 2*

LIGNITE*13,5*13,5*13,3*13,6*1*1*1* - 1* + 2*

OIL PRODUCTS*959,7*959,7*956,3*950,0*79*80*79* - * - 1*

NATURAL GAS*81,9*81,9*42,0*60,0*7*4*5* - 49* + 43*

OTHER*38,5*38,5*34,9*38,4*3*3*3* - 9* + 10*

TOTAL*1 217,3*1 217,3*1 190,0*1 209,0*100*100*100* - 2* + 2*

LUXEMBOURG**********

HARD COAL*0,4*0,4* - * - *4* - * - * - * - *

OIL PRODUCTS*1,0*1,0*0,5*0,5*9*6*5* - 50* -

NATURAL GAS*2,8*2,8*1,8*1,8*26*20*20* - 36* - *

OTHER*6,6*6,6*6,7*6,8*61*74*75* + 2* + 1*

TOTAL*10,8*10,8*9,0*9,1*100*100*100* - 17* + 1*

NETHERLANDS**********

HARD COAL*57,0*57,0*76,0*111,4*11*14*21* + 33* + 47*

OIL PRODUCTS*224,9*222,9*224,0*71,6*42*42*13* - * - 68*

NATURAL GAS*234,0*230,0*208,0*325,7*43*39*61* - 10* + 56*

OTHER*27,9*24,1*24,3*24,3*4*5*5* + 1* - *

TOTAL*534,8*534,0*532,3*533,0*100*100*100* - * - *

UNITED KINGDOM**********

HARD COAL*2 099,3*2 094,3*2 051,6*2 051,8*85*88*87* - 2* - *

OIL PRODUCTS*343,0*341,5*253,4*273,0*14*11*12* - 26* + 7*

NATURAL GAS*23,2*23,2*19,0*19,2*1*1*1* - 18* + 1*

OTHER*8,7*8,7*9,0*9,0* - * - * - * + 3* - *

TOTAL*2 474,2*2 467,7*2 333,0*2 353,0*100*100*100* - 5* + 1*

EUR-10**********

HARD COAL*4 284,4*4 195,3*4 123,5*4 271,5*45*48*49* - 2* + 4*

PEAT + LIGNITE*1 163,4*1 163,4*1 204,3*1 229,3*13*14*14* + 4* + 2*

OIL PRODUCTS*2 589,8*2 553,8*2 186,8*1 990,8*28*25*23* - 14* - 9*

NATURAL GAS*1 039,3992,9*824,0*944,5*11*9*11* - 17* + 15*

OTHER*323,1*306,5*309,6*313,6*3*4*3* + 1* + 1*

TOTAL*9 400,0*9 211,9*8 648,2*8 749,7*100*100*100* - 6* + 1*

TABLE 8 C

TOTAL CONSUMPTION IN POWER STATIONS

( INCLUDING COLLIERY POWER PLANTS AND PRIVATE GENERATORS )

( MILLION TONNES )

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATE*1982 FORECAST* % *

****1981/1980*1982/1981*

BELGIUM******

COAL*5,6*6,5*7,0* + 26* - *

DENMARK******

COAL*8,6*7,3*9,0* - 16* + 25*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY******

COAL*45,2*46,7 ( 1)*50,4 ( 1 )* + 3* + 8*

BLACK LIGNITE*2,0*2,2*2,5* + 10* + 13*

LIGNITE*108,4*114,0*112,5* + 5* - 1*

FRANCE******

COAL*25,1*21,6*18,3* - 14* - 15*

BLACK LIGNITE*1,5*1,6*1,6* + 6**

LIGNITE*1,0*1,3*1,3* + 30* - *

GREECE******

LIGNITE*22,6*28,0*31,0* + 25* + 13*

IRELAND******

PEAT*2,7*2,7*3,2* - * + 15*

ITALY******

COAL*4,9*5,8*6,6* + 18* + 14*

LIGNITE*2,0*2,0*2,0* - * - *

NETHERLANDS******

COAL*2,2*2,8*3,7* + 27* + 32*

UNITED KINGDOM******

COAL*92,0*90,0*87,5* - 2* - 3*

EUR-10******

COAL*183,7*180,7*182,5* - 2* + 1*

BLACK LIGNITE*3,5*3,8*4,1* + 8* + 8*

PEAT AND LIGNITE*136,7*148,0*150,0* + 8* + 1*

( 1 ) AFTER DEDUCTION OF STEAM DELIVERED TO MINES BY STEAG .

TABLE 8 D

COAL SUPPLIES TO PUBLIC POWER PLANTS

( NOT INCLUDING COLLIERY POWER PLANTS OR PRIVATE GENERATORS )

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

*NATIONAL COAL*COAL FROM OTHER ECSC COUNTRIES*TOTAL ECSC COAL*COAL FROM THIRD COUNTRIES*TOTAL SUPPLIES*

BELGIUM******

1979*2 339*486*2 825*1 855*4 680*

1980*2 252*267*2 519*2 809*5 328*

1981 ( 1)*2 690*110*2 800*3 325*6 125*

DENMARK******

1979* - *740*740*5 599*6 339*

1980* - *903*903*8 566*9 469*

1981 ( 1 )* - *1 900*1 900*8 400*10 300*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ( 2 )******

1979*29 481*706*30 137*5 076*35 263*

1980*29 899*1 235*31 134*4 898*36 032*

1981 ( 1)*29 850*1 850*31 700*6 500*38 200*

FRANCE******

1979*2 852*2 664*5 516*11 545*17 061*

1980*2 616*2 664*5 280*13 528*18 808*

1981 ( 1)*3 000*2 900*5 900*12 000*17 900*

GREECE******

1979* - * - * - * - * - *

1980* - * - * - * - * - *

1981 ( 1 )* - * - * - * - * - *

IRELAND******

1979*47* - *47* - *47*

1980*47* - *47* - *47*

1981 ( 1)*50* - *50* - *50*

ITALY******

1979* - * - * - *3 212*3 212*

1980* - * - * - *4 906*4 906*

1981 ( 1 )* - * - * - *6 500*6 500*

NETHERLANDS******

1979* - *266*266*935*1 201*

1980* - *306*306*1 884*2 190*

1981 ( 1 )* - *600*600*2 700*3 300*

UNITED KINGDOM******

1979*84 420*73*84 493*1 689*86 182*

1980*87 340*45*87 385*4 542*91 927*

1981 ( 1)*85 500* - *85 550*1 450*87 000*

EUR-10******

1979*119 139*4 935*124 074*29 911*153 985*

1980*122 154*5 420*127 574*41 133*168 707*

1981 ( 1)*121 090*7 360*128 500*40 875*169 375*

FIRST FORECAST FOR 1982******

BELGIUM*3 600*100*3 700*3 000*6 700*

DENMARK* - *1 900*1 900*8 600*10 500*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*32 900*1 850*34 750*7 250*42 000*

FRANCE*2 500*1 800*4 300*7 700*12 000*

GREECE* - * - * - * - * - *

IRELAND*50* - *50* - *50*

ITALY* - * - * - *6 600*6 600*

NETHERLANDS* - *600*600*3 100*3 700*

UNITED KINGDOM*85 300* - *85 300* - *85 300*

EUR-10*124 350*6 250*130 600*36 250*166 850*

( 1 ) ESTIMATES .

( 2 ) INCLUDING " BERGHAUVERBUNDKRAFTWERKE " .

TABLE 8 E

CONVENTIONAL THERMAL POWER STATIONS ( 1 ) - SITUATION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1980

* ( GROSS OUTPUT IN MW ) *

*TOTAL*BURNING : *

**COAL*LIGNITE OR PEAT*

BELGIUM*8 543*3 302* - *

DENMARK*7 424*4 984* - *

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*71 705*28 304*14 413*

FRANCE*30 384*13 444*669*

GREECE*4 167* - *2 343*

IRELAND*2 710*16*416*

ITALY*30 653*2 435*318*

LUXEMBOURG*233*66* - *

NETHERLANDS*17 226*1 390* - *

UNITED KINGDOM*68 474*49 000* - *

EUR-10*241 519*102 941*18 159*

( 1 ) SOLID , LIQUID OR GASEOUS FUELS .

TABLE 8 F

CONVENTIONAL THERMAL POWER STATIONS BURNING COAL OR LIGNITE

NEW CAPACITY AND CONVERSIONS

NB : WHERE NEW CAPACITY IS CONCERNED , ONLY POWER STATIONS WITH AN OUTPUT IN EXCESS OF 200 MW HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT

* ( GROSS OUTPUT IN MW ) *

*BROUGHT INTO SERVICE IN : *OTHER PROJECTS*

*1981*1982*AFTER 1982**

*NEW CAPACITY*CONVERSIONS*NEW CAPACITY*CONVERSIONS*NEW CAPACITY*CONVERSIONS**

BELGIUM* - *400* - *130* - * - * - *

DENMARK*670*550* - *135* - *190*1 260 ( 5 )*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*747* - *1 737* - *1 860 ( 1 )* - *15 245 ( 4 )*

FRANCE*600*570*600*600*1 800 ( 2 )* - * - *

GREECE*300 ( 3 )* - * - * - *600 ( 2 )* - *3 100 ( 4 )*

IRELAND* - * - * - * - *900* - *1 500*

ITALY* - *320* - *550* - *2 800*17 940 ( 5 )*

LUXEMBOURG* - * - * - * - * - * - * - *

NETHERLANDS*596* - * - * - * - * - *1 100*

UNITED KINGDOM* - * - * - * - *1 980* - *600*

EUR-10*2 913*1 840*2 337*1 415*7 140*2 990*40 745*

( 1 ) OF WHICH 350 TONNES OF LIGNITE .

( 2 ) OF WHICH 600 TONNES OF LIGNITE .

( 3 ) OF WHICH 300 TONNES OF LIGNITE .

( 4 ) OF WHICH 2 400 TONNES OF LIGNITE .

( 5 ) THIS CAPACITY IS ALL CAPABLE OF RUNNING ON COAL OR OIL .

TABLE 9

COAL AND COKE-OVEN CONSUMPTION IN OTHER INDUSTRIES ( 1 )

( EXCLUDING POWER STATIONS )

( 1 000 TONNES )

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 FORECASTS* % 1981/1980* % 1982/1981*

A . COAL******

BELGIUM*2 036*1 650*1 750* - 19* + 6*

DENMARK*672*600*650* - 11* + 8*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*3 226*3 200*3 500* - 1* + 9*

FRANCE*1 891*3 150*4 000* + 67* + 27*

GREECE*36*5*845* - 84* ( BY 169 ) *

IRELAND*50*150*150* + 200* - *

ITALY*547*1 500*2 500* + 174* + 67*

LUXEMBOURG*107*50* - * - 53* - *

NETHERLANDS*61*185*200* + 203* + 8*

UNITED KINGDOM*5 335*4 750*5 300* - 11* + 12*

EUR-10*13 961*15 240*18 895* + 9* + 24*

B . COKE ( 2 )******

BELGIUM*227*215*215* - 5* - *

DENMARK*18*20*25* + 11* + 25*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*1 514*1 300*1 300* - 14* - *

FRANCE*1 007*850*800* - 16* - 6*

GREECE*3*11*15* + 266* + 36*

IRELAND*30*20* - * - 33* - *

ITALY*665*400*300* - 40* - 25*

LUXEMBOURG* - * - * - * - * - *

NETHERLANDS*160*160*200* - * + 25*

UNITED KINGDOM*217*300*350* + 38* + 17*

EUR-10*3 841*3 276*3 208* - 15* - 2*

( 1 ) COKE-OVEN COKE ASSIGNED A VALUE OF UNITY .

( 2 ) SEE TABLE 7 ( COKE CONSUMPTION BY SECTOR ) .

TABLE 10 A

DELIVERIES OF COAL , PATENT FUEL AND COKE TO THE DOMESTIC SECTOR ( INCLUDING ISSUES TO WORKERS )

( 1 000 TONNES )

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATE*1982 FORECAST*DIFFERENCE IN % *

****1981/1980*1982/1981*

BELGIUM*COAL*1 332*1 195*1 145* - 10* - 4*

*PATENT FUEL*150*120*100* - 20* - 17*

*COKE*30*30*30* - * - *

*TOTAL*1 512*1 345*1 275* - 11* - 5*

DENMARK*COAL*32*50*50* + 56* - *

*PATENT FUEL*2*2*2* - * - *

*COKE*33*30*30* - 9* - *

*TOTAL*67*82*82* + 22* - *

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*COAL*1 435*1 300*1 300* - 9* - *

*PATENT FUEL*1 108*960*1 040* - 13* + 8*

*COKE*1 709*1 420*1 400* - 17* - 1*

*TOTAL*4 252*3 680*3 740* - 13* + 2*

FRANCE*COAL*2 673*2 300*2 000* - 14* - 13*

*PATENT FUEL*1 827*1 650*1 450* - 10* - 12*

*COKE*262250*225* - 5* - 10*

*TOTAL*4 762*4 200*3 675* - 12* - 12*

GREECE*COAL*4*4*5* - * + 25*

*COKE*17*5*5* - 71* - *

*TOTAL*21*9*10* - 57* + 11*

IRELAND*COAL*1 105*1 160*1 200* + 5* + 4*

*COKE* - * - * - * - * - *

*TOTAL*1 105*1 160*1 200* + 5* + 4*

ITALY*COAL*100*150*150* + 50* - *

*PATENT FUEL*10*10*10* - * - *

*COKE*175*145*140* - 17* - 3*

*TOTAL*285*305*300* + 7* - 2*

LUXEMBOURG*COAL*6*5*5* - 17* - *

*PATENT FUEL*1*1*1* - * - *

*COKE*2*2*2* - * - *

*TOTAL*9*8*8* - 11* - *

NETHERLANDS*COAL*93*105*100* + 13* - 5*

*PATENT FUEL*5*5*5* - * - *

*COKE*2*5*5* + 150* - *

*TOTAL*100*115*110* + 15* - 4*

UNITED KINGDOM ( 1)*COAL*10 700*10 300*10 400* - 4* + 1*

*PATENT FUEL*1 004*1 050*1 000* + 5* - 5*

*COKE*2 285*2 000*1 830* - 12* - 8*

*TOTAL*13 989*13 350*13 230* - 5* - 1*

EUR-10*COAL*17 480*16 569*16 355* - 5* - 1*

*PATENT FUEL*4 107*3 798*3 608* - 7* - 5*

*COKE*4 515*3 887*3 667* - 14* - 6*

*TOTAL*26 102*24 254*23 630* - 7* - 3*

( 1 ) INCLUDING PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND MISCELLANEOUS .

TABLE 10 B

DELIVERIES OF LIGNITE AND PEAT BRIQUETTES TO THE DOMESTIC SECTOR

( IN 1 000 TONNES )

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 FORECASTS* % CHANGE*

****1981/1980*1982/1981*

A . LIGNITE BRIQUETTES ( 20 000 KJ/KG ) ******

BELGIUM*47*50*50* - * - *

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*3 658*3 340*3 110* - 9* - 7*

FRANCE*154*150*130* - 2* - 13*

GREECE*80*80*80* - * - *

ITALY*54*45*40* - * - *

LUXEMBOURG*38*40*40* - * - *

*4 031*3 705*3 450* - 8*7*

B . BLACK LIGNITE ( 14 500 - 21 000 KJ/KG ) ******

FRANCE*51*50*45* - 2* - 10*

C . PEAT ( 7 800 - 13 000 KJ/KG ) ******

IRELAND*1 367*1 000*1 000* - 27* - *

D . PEAT BRIQUETTES ( 19 500 KJ/KG )

IRELAND*342*300*300* - 12* - *

TABLE 11

HARD COAL PRODUCTION BY AREAS

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 PROVISIONAL*1982 FORECASTS*

KEMPEN*5 949*5 815*6 000*

SUD*375*321*285*

BELGIUM*6 324*6 136*6 285*

RUHR*76 117*76 669*76 400*

AACHEN*5 399*5 247*5 300*

NIEDERSACHSEN*2 276*2 256*2 200*

SAAR*10 700*11 373*10 700*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*94 492*95 545*94 600*

NATIONAL STATISTICS* ( 87 146 ) * ( 87 900 ) * ( 87 400 ) *

NORD - PAS-DE-CALAIS*4 468*3 952*3 700*

LORRAINE*9 810*10 893*10 500*

CENTRE-MIDI*3 858*3 744*3 800*

FRANCE*18 136*18 589*18 000*

IRELAND*65*69*50*

SCOTLAND*8 106*7 238**

NORTH-EAST*14 641*13 528**

YORKSHIRE*31 597*31 502**

NORTH-WEST*11 337*11 285**

MIDLANDS - KENT*38 356*37 788**

SOUTH WALES*7 778*7 476*109 000*

LICENSED MINES*1 142*2 114*1 100*

OPENCAST*15 251*14 362*14 400*

UNITED KINGDOM*128 208*125 293*124 500*

EUR-10*247 225*245 632*243 435*

TABLE 12

HARD COAL PRODUCTION IN JOULES

*10 3 TONNES*TERAJOULES ( 1)*KJ/KG*

1980 ( ACTUAL ) ****

BELGIUM*6 324*171 624*27 140*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*94 492*2 585 982*27 370*

FRANCE*18 136*459 880*25 360*

IRELAND*65*1 375*21 150*

UNITED KINGDOM*128 208*3 076 992*24 000*

EUR-10*247 225*6 295 853*25 470*

1981 ( PROVISIONAL ) ****

BELGIUM*6 136*166 531*27 140*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*95 545*2 615 615*27 370*

FRANCE*18 589*471 417*25 360*

IRELAND*69*1 459*21 150*

UNITED KINGDOM*125 293*3 007 033*24 000*

EUR-10*245 632*6 262 055*25 490*

( 1 ) 10 12 JOULES .

TABLE 13

PERSONNEL EMPLOYED UNDERGROUND

( YEARLY AVERAGE IN 1 000 )

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 PROVISIONAL*1982 FORECAST*CHANGES*

****1981/1980*1982/1981*

****1 000* % *1 000* % *

BELGIUM*16,4*16,2*16,1* - 0,2* - 1,2* - 0,1* - 0,6*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*121,6*124,0*121,9* + 2,4* + 2,0* - 2,1* - 2,0*

FRANCE*30,4*28,9*27,3* - 1,5* - 4,9* - 1,6* - 5,5*

UNITED KINGDOM*184,4*178,0*172,0* - 6,4* - 3,5* - 6,0* - 3,4*

EUR-10 ( 1)*353,1*347,4*337,6* - 5,7* - 1,6* - 9,8* - 3,0*

( 1 ) INCLUDING 0,3 IN IRELAND .

TABLE 14

OUTPUT PER MAN/HOUR UNDERGROUND

*KG PER MAN/HOUR* % CHANGE*

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 PROVISIONAL*1982 FORECASTS*1981/1980*1982/1981*

BELGIUM*279*267*260* - 4,3* - 2,6*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*539*535*540* - 0,7* + 0,9*

FRANCE*352*380*400* + 8,0* + 5,3*

UNITED KINGDOM*382*392*400* + 2,6* + 2,0*

TABLE 15

COSTS AND PROCEEDS PER TONNE

( VARIATION ON THE BASIS OF DATA SUPPLIED IN NATIONAL CURRENCIES )

* ( % ) *

*PRODUCTION COSTS*REVENUE*

*1980/1979 ACTUAL*1981/1980 PROVISIONAL*1980/1979 ACTUAL*1981/1980 PROVISIONAL*

BELGIUM* + 9,0* + 10,8* + 11,5* + 12,4*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY* + 12,0* + 13,4* + 12,1* + 10,3*

FRANCE* + 12,0* + 8,3* + 25,4* + 23,2*

UNITED KINGDOM* + 21,3* + 14,3* + 18,8* + 13,0*

TABLE 16

STATE ALDS TO THE COAL INDUSTRY FOR CURRENT PRODUCTION

* ( ECU/TONNE PRODUCED ) *

*DIRECT AIDS ( 1)*INDIRECT AIDS*TOTAL*

*1980*1981 ( 2)*1980*1981 ( 2)*1980*1981 ( 2 )*

BELGIUM*46,49*44,29*1,65*1,87*48,14*46,16*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*13,16*12,19*0,08*0,23*13,24*12,42*

FRANCE*25,26*22,67*0,38*0,43*25,64*23,10*

UNITED KINGDOM*2,29*6,77* - * - *2,29*6,77*

EUR-10*9,35*10,96*0,10*0,17*9,45*11,13*

( 1 ) INCLUDING COKING-COAL AIDS .

( 2 ) PROVISIONAL .

TABLE 17

INVESTMENTS IN THE COAL INDUSTRY

( COAL EXTRACTION AND PREPARATION )

* ( MILLION/ECU ) *

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 ( 1 ) FORECASTS*

BELGIUM*27,9*46,5*7,8*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*312,9*457,5*350,9*

FRANCE*41,0*59,1*61,5*

UNITED KINGDOM*1 273,0*1 203,6*1 119,5*

EUR-10*1 654,8*1 766,7*1 539,7*

( 1 ) ONLY INCLUDING INVESTMENTS ON WHICH A START HAS BEEN MADE OR CONCERNING WHICH A DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN .

TABLE 18

PIT CLOSURES ( 1 )

*1981*

*NUMBER*OUTPUT IN 1980 ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

BELGIUM* - * - *

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY***

- RUHR*1*984*

FRANCE* - * - *

UNITED KINGDOM***

- NORTH-EAST*2*500*

- SCOTLAND*2*363*

- BARNSLEY*2*228*

- NORTH YORKSHIRE*2*409*

- SOUTH YORKSHIRE*1*159*

- SOUTH WALES*1*42*

TOTAL*10*1 701*

EUR-10*11*2 685*

( 1 ) NO FORECAST AVAILABLE FOR 1982 .

TABLES 19 A AND 19 B : SEE O.J .

TABLE 20

AVERAGE CIF PRICES FOR COAL IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

*1ST QUARTER 1980*2ND QUARTER 1980*3RD QUARTER 1980*4TH QUARTER 1980*1ST QUARTER 1981*2ND QUARTER 1981*3RD QUARTER 1981*

A . STEAM COAL ( 1 )********

IN ECU/TJ ( 2)*1 258*1 403*1 428*1 589*1 889*2 144*2 376*

IN DOLLARS/TONNE*46,4*48,5*51,5*54,4*59,9*63,5*61,15*

B . COKING COAL ( 3 )********

IN DOLLARS/TONNE*68,5*69,0*69,2*69,95*75,70*80,05*84,35*

( 1 ) AS PER QUARTERLY REPORTS OF MEMBER COUNTRIES ( DECISION NO 77/707/ECSC OF 7 . 11 . 1977 ) .

( 2 ) 1 TERAJOULE = 34,12 TONNES COAL EQUIVALENT OR 23,89 TONNES OIL EQUIVALENT .

( 3 ) GUIDE PRICE ( DECISION NO 73/287/ECSC OF 25 . 7 . 1973 ) REFERENCE DATE : BEGINNING OF QUARTER .

TABLE 21

COKE-OVEN COKE PRODUCTION CAPACITY

* ( MILLION TONNES ) *

*BELGIUM*FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*FRANCE*ITALY*NETHERLANDS*UNITED KINGDOM*EUR-10*

1980 ( ACTUAL ) ********

COLLIERY PLANTS* - *21,8*5,7* - * - *3,8*31,3*

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY*6,9*9,1*6,1*9,0*2,1*8,0*41,2*

INDEPENDENT*0,1* - * - *2,5*0,7*0,5 ( 1)*3,8*

TOTAL*7,0*30,9*11,8*11,5*2,8*12,3*76,3*

( OF WHICH COASTAL COKING PLANT ) *1,7*0,4*4,2*11,5*2,8*7,8*28,4*

1981 ( PROVISIONAL ) ********

COLLIERY PLANTS* - *21,6*5,6* - * - *3,3*30,5*

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY*6,9*9,1*6,0*9,0*2,1*7,1*40,2*

INDEPENDENT*0,1* - * - *2,5*0,7*0,5 ( 1)*3,8*

TOTAL*7,0*30,7*11,6*11,5*2,8*10,9*74,5*

( OF WHICH COASTAL COKING PLANT ) *1,7*0,4*4,2*11,5*2,8*7,2*27,8*

1982 ( FORECASTS ) ********

COLLIERY PLANTS* - *21,4*5,7* - * - *3,3*30,4*

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY*6,9*9,1*6,1*9,0*2,3*8,1*41,5*

INDEPENDENT*0,1* - * - *2,5*0,7*0,5 ( 1)*3,8*

TOTAL*7,0*30,5*11,8*11,5*3,0*11,9*75,7*

( OF WHICH COASTAL COKING PLANT ) *1,7*0,4*4,2*11,5*3,0*8,0*28,8*

( 1 ) NOT INCLUDING LOW-TEMPERATURE COKE , WHICH REPRESENTS A CAPACITY OF 2,5 MILLION TONNES .

TABLE 22

COKING

( 1 000 TONNES )

*COAL CONSUMPTION OF COKE OVENS*PRODUCTION OF COKE-OVEN COKE*

**1 000 TONNES* % DIFFERENCE COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR*

1980 ( ACTUAL ) ****

BELGIUM*7 876*6 048* - 6*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*36 758*28 669* + 7*

FRANCE*14 736*11 118* - 4*

GREECE*384*246* + 8*

ITALY*11 367*8 283* + 10*

NETHERLANDS*3 353*2 455* - 3*

UNITED KINGDOM*13 509*10 058* - 20*

EUR-10*87 983*66 877* - 1*

1981 ( ESTIMATES ) ****

BELGIUM*7 600*5 925* - 2*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*36 400*28 158* - 1*

FRANCE*14 400*10 700* - 4*

GREECE*67*50* - 80*

ITALY*11 000*8 100* - 2*

NETHERLANDS*3 000*2 250* - 8*

UNITED KINGDOM*12 000*8 335* - 17*

EUR-10*84 467*63 518* - 5*

1982 ( FORECASTS ) ****

BELGIUM*7 700*5 800* - 2*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*36 200*27 900* - 1*

FRANCE*13 500*10 000* - 6*

GREECE* - * - * - *

ITALY*10 820*7 900* - 3*

NETHERLANDS*3 000*2 400* + 7*

UNITED KINGDOM*12 750*9 750* + 17*

EUR-10*83 320*63 750* - *

TABLE 23

COAL SUPPLIES TO COKE OVENS

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

*NATIONAL COAL*COAL FROM OTHER ECSC COUNTRIES*TOTAL ECSC COAL*COAL FROM THIRD COUNTRIES*TOTAL SUPPLIES*

BELGIUM******

1979*3 826*1 297*5 123*3 179*8 302*

1980*3 870*681*4 551*3 386*7 937*

1981 ( 1)*3 575*1 000*4 575*3 025*7 600*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY******

1979*33 922*148*34 070*309*34 379*

1980*36 624*157*36 781*435*37 216*

1981 ( 1)*35 850*150*36 000*400*36 400*

FRANCE******

1979*5 542*3 468*9 010*5 478*14 488*

1980*4 725*3 046*7 771*6 840*14 611*

1981 ( 1)*4 730*3 070*7 800*6 600*14 400*

GREECE******

1979* - * - * - *378*378*

1980* - * - * - *384*384*

1981 ( 1 )* - * - * - *67*67*

ITALY******

1979* - *2 140*2 140*7 857*9 997*

1980* - *2 512*2 512*8 927*11 439*

1981 ( 1 )* - *2 900*2 900*8 100*11 000*

NETHERLANDS******

1979* - *634*634*2 869*3 503*

1980 - *652*652*2 734*3 386*

1981 ( 1 )* - *800*800*2 500*3 300*

UNITED KINGDOM******

1979*14 741*141*14 882*2 196*17 078*

1980*10 829* - *10 829*2 428*13 257*

1981 ( 1)*9 550* - *9 550*2 750*12 300*

EUR-10******

1979*58 031*7 828*65 859*22 266*88 125*

1980*56 048*7 048*63 096*25 134*88 230*

1981 ( 1)*53 705*7 920*61 625*23 442*85 067*

FIRST FORECAST FOR 1982******

BELGIUM*3 565*1 000*4 565*2 985*7 550*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*35 650*150*35 800*400*36 200*

FRANCE*4 190*2 650*6 840*6 160*13 000*

GREECE* - * - * - * - * - *

ITALY* - *2 720*2 720*8 100*10 820*

NETHERLANDS* - *600*600*2 400*3 000*

UNITED KINGDOM*9 450* - *9 450*3 300*12 750*

EUR-10*52 855*7 120*59 975*23 345*83 320*

( 1 ) ESTIMATES .

TABLE 24

TREND OF INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN COAL

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

FROM*BELGIUM*DENMARK*FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*FRANCE*GREECE*IRELAND*ITALY*LUXEMBOURG*NETHERLANDS* UNITED KINGDOM*EUR-10*

TO************

BELGIUM************

1980* - - *2 345*37* - * - * - * - *203*217*2 802*

1981* - * - *2 050*20* - * - * - * - *250*375*2 695*

1982* - * - *1 970*20* - * - * - * - *275*375*2 640*

DENMARK************

1980*2* - *274* - * - * - * - * - * - *591*867*

1981* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *2 000*2 000*

1982* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *2 000*2 000*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY************

1980*423* - * - *295* - * - * - * - * - *1 356*2 074*

1981*600* - * - *300* - * - * - * - *100*1 800*2 800*

1982*550* - * - *300* - * - * - * - *20*1 930*2 800*

FRANCE************

1980*61* - *5 364* - * - * - * - * - * - *1 462*6 887*

1981*50* - *4 300* - * - * - * - * - * - *2 750*7 100*

1982*50* - *4 000* - * - * - * - * - * - *1 500*5 550

GREECE************

1980* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *

1981* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *

1982* - * - *30*20* - * - * - * - * - * - *50*

IRELAND************

1980*4* - *9* - * - * - * - * - *5*272*290*

1981* - * - *10* - * - * - * - * - *5*385*400*

1982* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *500*500*

ITALY************

1980*1* - *2 470*13* - * - * - * - * - *7*2 491*

1981*10* - *2 850*80* - * - * - * - * - *60*3 000*

1982*10* - *2 730*10* - * - * - * - * - *50*2 800*

LUXEMBOURG************

1980*2* - *75*21* - * - * - * - *1*50*149*

1981*15* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *60*75*

1982* - * - *30*10* - * - * - * - * - *35*75*

NETHERLANDS************

1980*44* - *1 249* - * - * - * - * - * - *157*1 450*

1981*145* - *1 500* - * - * - * - * - * - *295*1 940*

1982*125* - *800* - * - * - * - * - * - *900*1 825*

UNITED KINGDOM************

1980*37* - *80* - * - *42* - * - * - * - *159*

1981* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *

1982* - * - *100* - * - * - * - * - * - * - *100*

EUR-10************

1980*574* - *11 866*366* - *42* - * - *209*4 112*17 169*

1981*820* - *10 710*400* - * - * - * - *355*7 725*20 010*

1982*735* - *9 660*360* - * - * - * - *295*7 290*18 340*

NOTE :

1980 ACTUAL .

1981 ESTIMATES .

1982 FORECASTS .

TABLE 25

TREND OF INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE IN COKE

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

FROM*BELGIUM*DENMARK*FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*FRANCE*GREECE*IRELAND*ITALY*LUXEMBOURG* NETHERLANDS*UNITED KINGDOM*EUR-10*

TO************

BELGIUM************

1980* - * - *839*44* - * - * - * - *179*59*1 121*

1981* - * - *700*30* - * - * - * - *200*50*980*

1982* - * - *475*30* - * - * - * - *200*75*780*

DENMARK************

1980*17* - *21*55* - * - * - * - *2*13*108*

1981*10* - *20*30* - * - * - * - * - *20*80*

1982* - * - *30*40* - * - * - * - * - *10*80*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY************

1980*104*7* - *231* - * - * - * - *138*172*652*

1981*110* - * - *290* - * - * - * - *160*240*800*

1982*100* - * - *300* - * - * - * - *150*250*800*

FRANCE************

1980*167* - *2 328* - * - * - *24* - *284*19*2 822*

1981*320* - *1 750* - * - * - *20* - *110* - *2 200*

1982*325* - *1 750* - * - * - * - * - *200* - *2 275*

GREECE************

1980* - * - * - *1* - * - *27* - * - * - *28*

1981* - * - * - *5* - * - *10* - * - * - *15*

1982* - * - * - * - * - * - *30* - * - * - *30*

IRELAND************

1980* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *8*8*

1981*5* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *25*30*

1982* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *

ITALY************

1980* - * - *9*65* - * - * - * - * - * - *74*

1981* - * - * - *80* - * - * - * - * - * - *80*

1982* - * - *40* - * - * - * - * - * - * - *40*

LUXEMBOURG************

1980*13* - *2 081*2* - * - * - * - * - * - *2 096*

1981*15* - *1 890* - * - * - * - * - * - * - *1 905*

1982*5* - *2 000* - * - * - * - * - * - * - *2 005*

NETHERLANDS************

1980*17* - *545*36* - * - * - * - * - *79*677*

1981*25* - *665*30* - * - * - * - * - *180*900*

1982*10* - *520* - * - * - * - * - * - *120*650*

UNITED KINGDOM************

1980*1* - * - *2* - * - * - * - * - * - *3*

1981* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *

1982*20* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *20*

EUR-10************

1980*319*7*5 823*436* - * - *51* - *603*350*7 589*

1981*485* - *5 025*465* - * - *30* - *470*515*6 990*

1982*460* - *4 815*370* - * - *30* - *550*455*6 680*

NOTE :

1980 ACTUAL .

1981 ESTIMATES .

1982 FORECASTS .

TABLE 26

IMPORTS OF COAL FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

* ( MILLION TONNES ) *

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 FORECASTS*

A . BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION****

BELGIUM*7,3*7,3*7,5*

DENMARK*9,1*8,9*9,3*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*7,3*8,3*9,5*

FRANCE*22,6*20,1*15,2*

GREECE*0,5*0,1*0,9*

IRELAND*1,0*0,8*0,9*

ITALY*14,3*15,5*17,3*

LUXEMBOURG*0,2*0,2*0,1*

NETHERLANDS*5,0*5,6*5,5*

UNITED KINGDOM*7,2*4,0*3,3*

EUR-10*74,5*70,8*69,5*

B . BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN****

USA*28,3*34,5*35,3*

CANADA*0,8*1,4*1,4*

AUSTRALIA*8,3*8,0*8,5*

SOUTH AFRICA*19,7*19,7*17,5*

POLAND*13,7*4,8*4,8*

USSR*2,7*1,3*1,0*

*1,0*1,1*1,0*

TOTAL*74,5*70,8*69,5*

C . BY SECTOR OF CONSUMPTION****

STEAM COAL*45,0*43,4*43,0*

COKING COAL*24,4*23,4*23,3*

OTHERS*5,1*4,0*3,2*

TOTAL*74,5*70,8*69,5*

TABLE 27 A

IMPORTS OF COAL FROM THIRD COUNTRIES IN 1981

( PROVISIONAL )

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

*USA*CANADA*AUSTRALIA*SOUTH AFRICA*POLAND*USSR*OTHERS*TOTAL*

BELGIUM*3 850*60*600*2 400*200*100*40*7 250*

DENMARK*4 000*450*200*3 290*860*100* - *8 900*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*3 510*740*570*1 830*1 155*60*435*8 300*

FRANCE*9 500*20*1 750*7 510*650*315*355*20 100*

GREECE* - * - * - * - *60*40* - *100*

IRELAND*660* - * - *15*175* - * - *850*

ITALY*8 300*60*1 350*4 240*950*500*100*15 500*

LUXEMBOURG*130* - * - *100* - *20* - *250*

NETHERLANDS*3 300*70*1 430*240*350*90*120*5 600*

UNITED KINGDOM*1 300* - *2 100*75*400*75*50*4 000*

EUR-10*34 550*1 400*8 000*19 700*4 800*1 300*1 100*70 850*

TABLE 27 B

EXPORTS TO THIRD COUNTRIES

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*1982 FORECASTS*

A . COAL****

BELGIUM*59*70*100*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*653*1 397*1 000*

FRANCE*60*300*340*

IRELAND* - *10* - *

NETHERLANDS* - *95*55*

UNITED KINGDOM*86*1 000*1 700*

TOTAL*858*2 872*3 195*

B . COKE****

BELGIUM*435*440*440*

DENMARK*49*56*55*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*1 955*1 109*1 000*

FRANCE*428*470*450*

IRELAND*1*40* - *

ITALY*700*665*650*

NETHERLANDS*45*180*145*

UNITED KINGDOM*767*1 050*955*

TOTAL*4 380*4 010*3 695*

TABLE 28 A

PRODUCERS' STOCKS

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 PROVISIONAL*END OF 1982 FORECASTS*DIFFERENCE*

****1981/1980*1982/1981*

I . STOCKS OF COAL******

BELGIUM*164*192*232* + 28* + 40*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ( 1)*13 306*16 366*18 406* + 3 060* + 2 040*

FRANCE*5 798*7 350*7 350* + 1552* - *

IRELAND*30*30*80* - * + 50*

UNITED KINGDOM*17 904*22 117*25 457* + 4 213* + 3 340*

EUR-10*37 202*46 055 ( 2)*51 525* + 8 853* + 5 470*

II . STOCKS OF COKE******

BELGIUM*106*110*110* + 4* - *

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ( 1)*6 480*7 035*8 420* + 555* + 1 385*

FRANCE*602*700*1 230* + 98* + 530*

GREECE*48*30*30* - 18* - *

ITALY*661*600*710* - 61* + 110*

NETHERLANDS*40*15*15* - 25* - *

UNITED KINGDOM*2 789*1 956*1 956* - 833* - *

EUR-10*10 726*10 446 ( 3)*12 471* - 280* + 2 025*

( 1 ) INCLUDING THE NATIONAL RESERVE OF 7 260 TONNES OF COAL AND 2 977 TONNES OF COKE .

( 2 ) THIS TOTAL FIGURE TALLIES WITH THE FIGURES IN TABLE 29 A BY ADDING :

THE TOTAL COLLIERY STOCKS*34 112*

AND IN THE " PORTS AND CENTRAL DEPOTS " COLUMN THE NATIONAL RESERVE*7 260*

THE UK STOCK OF*4 833*

*46 055 . *

( 3 ) THIS TOTAL FIGURE TALLIES WITH THE FIGURES IN TABLE 29 B BY ADDING :

THE PRODUCERS' STOCKS*7 469*

AND IN THE " PORTS AND CENTRAL DEPOTS " COLUMN THE NATIONAL RESERVE*2 977*

*10 446 . *

TABLE 28 B

STOCKS OF COAL AT POWER STATIONS

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

*1980 ACTUAL*1981 ESTIMATES*DIFFERENCE 1981/1980*

BELGIUM*832*850* + 28*

DENMARK*3 705*6 700* + 2 995*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*11 451*12 500* + 1 049*

FRANCE*5 149*7 500* + 2 351*

ITALY*278*1 000* + 722*

NETHERLANDS*128*1 170 ( 1 )* + 1 042 ( 1 )*

UNITED KINGDOM*18 616*18 700* + 84*

EUR-10*40 159*48 420* + 8 261*

( 1 ) REASSESSMENT OF STOCKS .

TABLE 29 A AND B

ESTIMATE OF TOTAL STOCKS

( A ) OF HARD COAL

( B ) OF COKE

HELD BY PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS , AND IN PORTS AND/OR CENTRAL DEPOTS IN THE COMMUNITY ( SITUATION AS AT THE END OF 1981 )

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

*PRODUCERS' STOCKS*AT POWER STATIONS*AT COKE OVENS*IN PORTS , CENTRAL DEPOTS AND OTHERS*TOTAL*

*TOTAL COLLIERY STOCKS*OF WHICH LOW-GRADE PRODUCTS'*****

A . HARD COAL*******

BELGIUM*192* ( 50 ) *850*500*1 860*3 402*

DENMARK* - * - *6 700***6 700*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*9 106* ( 4 800 ) *12 500*300*7 260 ( 1)*29 166*

FRANCE*7 350* ( 3 000 ) *6 000*900*1 900 ( 2)*16 150*

GREECE* - * - * - * - * - * - *

IRELAND*30* - * - * - * - *30*

ITALY* - * - *1 000* - * - *1 000*

LUXEMBOURG* - * - * - * - *30*30*

NETHERLANDS* - * - *870*395*3 015 ( 3)*4 280*

UNITED KINGDOM*17 434*(")*18 700*1 600*4 833*42 567*

EUR-10*34 112* ( 7 850 ) *46 620*3 695*18 898*103 325*

B . COKE*(4)***(5 )***

BELGIUM*110*** ( 100 ) *5*115*

DENMARK* - *** - * - * - *

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY* ( 4 058 ) *** " *2 977 ( 1)*7 035*

FRANCE*700*** ( 300 ) * - *700*

GREECE*30*** - * - *30*

IRELAND* - *** - * - * - *

ITALY*600*** " * - *600*

LUXEMBOURG* - *** ( 85 ) ** - *

NETHERLANDS*15*** ( 150 ) * - *15*

UNITED KINGDOM*1 956*** " * - *1 956*

EUR-10*7 469*** ( 635 ) *2 982*10 451*

( 1 ) NATIONAL RESERVE .

( 2 ) OF WHICH 1 500 TONNES BELONG TO EDF .

( 3 ) OF WHICH 300 TONNES BELONG TO DUTSCH .

( 4 ) INCLUDING IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY COKE OVENS .

( 5 ) THIS COLUMN IS GIVEN PURELY AS A GUIDE AS IT IS TO BE FEARED THAT THE FIGURES FOR CERTAIN BLAST FURNACE STOCKS IN ( 4 ) WILL BE COUNTED TWICE .

TABLE 30

ESTIMATE OF TOTAL STOCKS OF COAL AND COKE ( EXPRESSED AS COAL EQUIVALENT ) HELD BY PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS AND IN PORTS AND/OR CENTRAL DEPOTS IN THE COMMUNITY

( SITUATION AS AT THE END OF 1981 )

* ( 1 000 TONNES ) *

*COAL*COKE ( BY 1,3 ) *TOTAL*ESTIMATE OF CONSUMPTION 1981*DAYS OF CONSUMPTION*

BELGIUM*3,4*0,1*3,5*17,0*75*

DENMARK*6,7* - *6,7*8,0*310*

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*29,2*9,2*38,4*90,9*142*

FRANCE*16,2*1,0*17,2*43,7*145*

GREECE* - * - * - *0,2* - *

IRELAND*3 ( 1 )* - * - *1,4* - *

ITALY*1,0*0,8*1,8*18,5*36*

LUXEMBOURG* - * - * - *0,3 ( 2 )* - *

NETHERLANDS*4,3* - *4,3*6,1*255 ( 3 )*

UNITED KINGDOM*42,6*2,5*45,1*118,9*135*

EUR-10*103,3*14,5*117,8*305,0*139*

( 1 ) STOCKS AT POINT OF IMPORTATION AND MERCHANTS' STOCKS NOT AVAILABLE .

( 2 ) THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY'S COKE CONSUMPTION ( 1,9 MILLION TONNES ) HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT , AS THE COKING COAL IS CONSUMED IN , AND THE CORRESPONDING STOCK IS LOCATED IN , THE SUPPLIER COUNTRY - GERMANY .

( 3 ) THIS FIGURE INCLUDES QUANTITIES STOCKED AT THE PORT OF ROTTERDAM WHICH ARE NOT NECESSARILY INTENDED FOR NETHERLANDS USERS .

TABLES 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 AND 35 : SEE O.J .