LAND RECLAMATION AND STRIP MINED COAL PRODUCTION IN APPALACHIA

W.W. Lin, R.L. Spore and E.A. Nephew

No 284026, 1975 Annual Meeting, August 10-13, Columbus, Ohio from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: · This study quantifies the short-run impacts of reclamation on strip mining cost, coal price, production and employment in Appalachia. Full reclamation would have reduced Strip-mined coal production by 7.5 million tons, raised coal price by $0.351 per ton, and cost 518 employment · opportunities in the Appalachian coal industry in 1972.

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 1975-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.284026

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