Introduction: Coal is one of the worlds major energy sources providing in 2000 24.9% of the worlds primary energy requirements. This compares with oil at 40% and natural gas at 24.7% (BP Statistical Review June 2001) Significant deposits of coal exist in all of the world’s major continents and production is wide spread, including some of the world’s most stable economies. World hard coal production in 2000 was 3639 million tonne and production of brown coal was 895 million tonne (IEA Coal information 2001)…
Production and demand : Over 80% of the world’s coal production is used in its country of origin. Some economies such as China and Poland are heavily reliant on coal since they have limited alternative energy sources. Whilst coal production in Europe is declining rapidly this is not true of the whole of the developed world. Coal production in the USA for example increased from 710 million tonne in 1980 to 899 million tonne in 2000. By contrast in the same period European 4 Coal Case Study production fell from 500 million tonne to 207 million tonne…
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