Coal Prices Off The Graph

ENERGY, we are apt to forget, is one of the biggest issues facing the industrialised world today. Guaranteeing its continued supply is a major challenge and the debate over access to oil, gas, coal and uranium and over research into renewable sources intensifies each year. As the biggest coal export port on the planet, Newcastle is a major player in this drama, and many of the global facets of the energy scramble are clearly discernible on the city's doorstep.