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Show 10. exceed that of the other major mature industrialized areas. Today Utah makes more money outside the United States than we do here but our major investments are in reasonably secure countries with lower than usual political risks. As we look ahead, certainly for the next several years, we are confident that Utah's growth in earnings will continue, based on commitments already in hand. In addition, although not yet included in our backlog figures, Utah has dedicated the remainder of its steam coal reserves to a coal gasification project which hopefully will soon go forward. Pacific Lighting and Texas Eastern Transmission have contracted to put up a gasification plant in New Mexico utilizing the Lurgi Process and costing some $400 million. The synthetic gas production from this single plant will require coal production of 9. 6 million tons annually and the plan contemplates four such plants. To put this in pelspective for you, our Navajo coal mine is the largest mine in the United States and and reasonably predictable, and this is a factor that has not gone unnoticed by financial analysts. In contrast, most of the major mining companies look to copper, lead, or zinc for the major source of their earnings. These minerals sell on world markets that fluctuate cyclically with the obvious result that company earnings also fluctuate accordingly. This year for the first time copper will be second only to coking coal as a major source of Utah's earning power but traditionally Utah's earnings stem from minerals like coking coal, iron ore, steam coal, and uranium where the prices are less volatile and set on an individually-negotiated basis. Japan is Utah's major customer and the demand for minerals by Japan has outstretched the growth rate either in the United States or in Europe. Even though the Japanese growth rate is expected to slow down, it still is likely to |