As the United States focuses more on shale gas reserves, India is expected to become the second largest coal consumer in 2017, ranking only behind China. (energytrendsinsider.com)
«China is the largest coal consumer in the world, but it burns much lower quality coal, such as brown coal, which has a lower heat value and carbon content compared to the coal burned in the US and Europe,» said Prof Guan. (sciencedaily.com)
China is the world's biggest coal consumer; it gets more than 70 percent of its power from coal. (motherjones.com)