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For the record, it is technically cheaper to process strip-mined PRB coal into a higher BTU/low moisture product than it is to mine Eastern US underground coal. The reason is that PRB coals are so cheap to begin with relative to Eastern coals, that the added costs of processing PRB coals into higher value coal products is still less expensive than raw Eastern coals. The big problem with such synthetic coals is an inability to transport the product in regular coal gons due to spontaneous combustion of the product. If and when that problem is ever worked out, "value-added" PRB coal products will be less expensive per mmBtu than Appalachian coals.
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