# Coal trades

Coal trades are estimated from (Remme et al. 2007) to remain constant in terms of volume and cost until 2018.

Table 1: Global inter-regional net coal trade (steam coal and coking coal) between [regions](../spatial-representation/index.md)  
![](coal_trades_act_bnd.png)

Table 2: Coal trade transport costs between [regions](../spatial-representation/index.md) in $/GJ  
![](coal_trades_act_cost.png)

**Reference**

Remme, U., Blesl, M., Fahl, U., 2007. Global resources and energy trade: An overview for coal, natural gas, oil and uranium.