Mining Illinois: is it time up for coal mining?
#0183;#32;Illinois basin coal (ILB) is favoured with some of the lowest cost mines in the US; however, in southern Illinois for instance, ILB might be delivered to a nearby plant for about /mmbtu. In that same region natural gas might be /mmbtu (adjusted for the greater efficiency of a gas combined cycle) and powder river basin coal could be /mmbtu, he explains.