The coal industry has some negative impacts on the environment, including air and water contamination caused during coal extraction, processing, and consumption. …

The electric power sector accounts for the majority (more than 90%) of domestic coal consumption, but the industrial and commercial sectors also consume …

Industrial coal use is primarily for: cement, lime and plaster meat, dairy and other food processing wool, timber, pulp and paper products. Commercial coal use is mainly for heating accommodation and service buildings in central and local government, hospitals, rest homes and educational institutions.

Coal provides around 90% of the energy consumed by cement plants around the world, despite the environmental harm caused by its combustion. It takes 200 - 450kg of coal to produce 1t of cement. The cement industry consumes around 4% of global coal production, around 330Mt/yr.

Coal consumption; Coal output from opencast and deepmines in the United Kingdom; Coal output per worker in the United Kingdom; Coal prices; Coal production; Coal production …

List of world countries by Coal Consumption in million cubic feet (MMcf) and per capita.

Coal is an abundant natural resource that can be used as a source of energy, as a chemical source from which numerous synthetic compounds (e.g., dyes, oils, waxes, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides) can be derived, and in the production of coke for metallurgical processes.

The Energy Information Administration estimated that coal-powered electricity generation increased by 17 percent in 2021, bringing it to a level still 6% lower than it was prior to the pandemic. The current uptick is likely to be temporary, and the EIA expects coal use in the U.S. to fall again in 2022 and subsequent years.

BEIJING, Nov 17 (Reuters) - China's major coal consuming industries, including power, steel, cement and coal chemical production, could hit peak use of the dirty fossil fuel around 2024,...

Coal is primarily used as fuel to generate electric power in the United States. In coal-fired power plants, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, or lignite is burned. The heat produced by the combustion of the coal is used to convert water into high-pressure steam, which drives a turbine, which produces electricity.

The UK's energy use by industry (SIC 2007 group - around 130 categories), source (for example, industrial and domestic combustion, aircraft, road transport and so on - around 80 categories)...

The 2021 hard coal consumption of the EU is estimated to have reached 160 million tonnes, 27 % less than three years earlier. Production of hard coal in the EU has …

"In the three months to July this year, coal exports soared to $12.5 billion, which is a 26 per cent increase on the previous quarter," Minister Pitt said. "While coal remains Australia's second largest export, Australia accounts for six per cent of the world's total annual production behind China (50%), India (10%) and Indonesia (7%).

Many industries use coal to manufacture certain products. Some of the popular industries which make use of coal are the cement industry, paper and aluminium industry, …

In 2020, the EU consumed an estimated 246 million tonnes of brown coal. That's 33% less than in 2018 and 64% less than in 1990. Six countries account for 95% of EU brown coal consumption: Germany, Poland, The Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece. The use of brown coal fell a further 33% between 2018 and 2020. Image: …

Global coal consumption will drop two years in a row (from 7 766 Mt in 2018 to 7 243 Mt in 2020), a record collapse in IEA records of almost 7% (more than 500 Mt) in two years. …

China is the largest consumer of coal, and has comprised more than half of global consumption since 2011, with this share growing year upon year; reaching 56% in 2020. …

Coal utilization is associated with various forms of air pollution. During the incomplete burning or conversion of coal, many compounds are produced, some of which are carcinogenic. The burning of coal also produces sulfur and nitrogen oxides that react with atmospheric moisture to produce sulfuric and nitric acids —so-called acid rain.