ABSTRACT
A major economic study conducted by Lee (6), looked at various coal transport systems, including slurry pipelines. Lee states that the vast majority of data relating to coal transport originates from the USA, although some cost figures have been obtained which stem from West Germany. Figure 2 shows the estimated costs for different methods of coal transport. The curves for slurry pipeline, barge and rail apply to the USA only, and Lee states that these values may vary significantly for other countries.
