- Title
- Optimizing the Hunter Valley coal chain
- Creator
- Boland, Natashia; Savelsbergh, Martin W. P.
- Relation
- Supply Chain Disruptions: Theory and Practice of Managing Risk p. 275-302
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-778-5_10
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Coal remains the most important energy source for power generation, providing 37% of the world's electricity. As the global population grows, and as living standards improve in the developing world, an international demand for energy is increasing at a rapid rate. Coal is still the most abundant, widely distributed, safe, and economical fossil fuel available to meet this escalating energy demand.
- Subject
- coal exports; supply chain management; transportation systems; supply disruptions
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/938998
- Identifier
- uon:12717
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780857297778
- Language
- eng
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