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The world is moving away from coal production, mainly due to environmental worries, but it still forms a big part of power generation.
Let's take a look at major producers of coal across the world.
NOTE: This is a list of countries by coal production in 2010, based mostly on the Statistical Review of World Energy published in 2011 by BP, ranking nations with coal production larger than five millions tonnes.
China
Coal production: 3,240.0 million tonnes
Share of world total: 48.3 per cent
Global ranking: 1
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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European Union
Coal production: 535.7 million tonnes
Share of world total: 4.2 per cent
Global ranking: 4
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Australia
Coal production: 423.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 6.3 per cent
Global ranking: 5
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Indonesia
Coal production: 305.9 million tonnes
Share of world total: 4.0 per cent
Global ranking: 7
Major coal producing countries in the world
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South Africa
Coal production: 253.8 million tonnes
Share of world total: 3.8 per cent
Global ranking: 8
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Kazakhstan
Coal production: 110.8 million tonnes
Share of world total: 1.5 per cent
Global ranking: 11
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Czech Republic
Coal production: 50.6 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.7 per cent
Global ranking: 17
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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North Korea
Coal production: 34.8 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.5 per cent
Global ranking: 20
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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United Kingdom
Coal production: 18.2 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.2 per cent
Global ranking: 25
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coal production: 12.1 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.2 per cent
Global ranking: 27
Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Major coal producing countries in the world
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Macedonia
Coal production: 7.5 million tonnes
Share of world total: 0.1 per cent
Global ranking: 30
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