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This is a list of countries by coal production ranking countries with coal production larger than 5 million tonnes as of 2023. Coal production (million tonnes)
Metallurgical coal or coking coal [1] is a grade of coal that can be used to produce good-quality coke. Coke is an essential fuel and reactant in the blast furnace process for primary steelmaking. [2] [3] [4] The demand for metallurgical coal is highly coupled to the demand for steel. Primary steelmaking companies often have a division that ...
The largest consumer and importer of coal is China. China mines almost half the world's coal, followed by India with about a tenth. Australia accounts for about a third of world coal exports, followed by Indonesia and Russia. [5] Coal is largely held in the Earth in areas that it needs to be mined from, and is generally present in coal seams.
The "Black Country" is a loosely defined area of the English West Midlands which includes the north and west of Birmingham and the south and east of Wolverhampton, famous for its coal mines (especially in Staffordshire), its coal coking operations, and other heavy industry, including iron foundries and steel mills that used local coal to fire ...
China imported 54.7 million tonnes of coking coal - an essential ingredient in the production of steel - last year, down by 24.6 per cent from 2020, according to official data.
China produces most of the thermal coal (both black and brown coal) it burns, but imports coking coal to make high quality steel. [15] Inner Mongolia , Shanxi and Shaanxi are the main coal-producing provinces, [ 16 ] and most coal is found in the north and northwest of the country. [ 17 ]
List of European countries by coal production; Coal in Europe This page was last edited on 1 August 2020, at 07:46 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
A coke oven at a smokeless fuel plant, Abercwmboi, South Wales, 1976. The industrial production of coke from coal is called coking. The coal is baked in an airless kiln, a "coke furnace" or "coking oven", at temperatures as high as 2,000 °C (3,600 °F) but usually around 1,000–1,100 °C (1,800–2,000 °F). [2]