Steam coal imports - Ippantan Yunyu

...The basic principle of this was to review coal and make the most of it as much as possible, and the objectives were to maintain domestic coal production, facilitate the development and import of overseas coal, and promote research into coal utilization technology. Especially after the oil crisis, the need for importing foreign coal was emphasized, and in 1973, imports of foreign coal were approved for the first time in 13 years since 1961. Coal burning was revived in the cement and electric power industries, and imports of foreign coal exceeded 1 million tons in 1978 and reached 7.1 million tons in 1980. Development of foreign coal is being actively promoted with government subsidies and a cooperative system among related industries. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "steam coal imports" is listed below.

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…これは石炭を可能な限り活用していくという石炭見直しを基本理念に，国内炭生産の維持，海外炭の開発･輸入の円滑化，石炭利用技術の研究推進を目的に掲げた。とくに石油危機以降，海外一般炭輸入の必要性が強調され，1973年に一般炭の輸入が1961年以来13年ぶりに認められ，セメント･電力業界などで石炭燃焼が復活し，一般炭の輸入は78年度に100万tを突破し，80年度には710万tに達した。海外炭の開発は政府の助成もあり，関連業界の協調体制のもとで積極的に進められている。…

※「一般炭輸入」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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