Ten greatest hard coal producers in the world produce annually over 5,100 millin tons of it. China is the leader, Poland is situated in the 8th place.
Annual hard coal output (million tons annually)
|
China |
2482 |
Russia |
233 |
|
USA |
990 |
Indonesia |
169 |
|
India |
427 |
Poland |
95 |
|
Australia |
309 |
Kazakhstan |
92 |
|
The Republic of South Africa |
244 |
Colombia |
64 |
World consumption of hard coal (million tons annually)
|
1986 |
1996 |
2006 |
|
|
World |
3232 |
3773 |
5339 |
Among hard coal exporters the leading place belongs to Australia. Japan, on the other hand, is the greatest hard coal importer.
The biggest exporters of hard coal (million tons annually)
|
Australia |
231 |
|
Indonesia |
129 |
|
Russia |
92 |
|
The Republic of South Africa |
69 |
|
China |
63 |
|
Colombia |
60 |
|
USA |
45 |
The biggest importers of hard coal (million tons annually)
|
Japan |
178 |
|
Korea |
80 |
|
Taiwan |
64 |
|
The UK |
51 |
|
Germany |
41 |
|
India |
41 |
|
China |
38 |
