Analyst cuts 2010 Colombian coal output estimate

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Jaime Correal Fonseca, who leads Latin American coal market analysis for Hill, a Wood Mackenzie company, said the reason for the reduced estimate is problems expanding infrastructure. He spoke at the eighth annual Coaltrans Americas conference.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Analyst Hill & Associates has cut its estimate of Colombia's 2010 coal output from 100 million tons to 77 million tons, a Hill official said on Thursday.

Jaime Correal Fonseca, who leads Latin American coal market analysis for Hill, a Wood Mackenzie company, said the reason for the reduced estimate is problems expanding infrastructure. He spoke at the eighth annual Coaltrans Americas conference.

(Reporting by Bruce Nichols)