The largest coal producing countries are not confined to one region - the top five
hard coal producers are China, the USA, India, Australia and Indonesia.
Peabody Energy, the nation's biggest
coal producer, has been on a gradual slide down the Fortune 500 over the past few years, as falling demand for
coal hit it
hard.
According to the World
Coal Association, the global annual haul for hard coal is over 6000 million tons, with the top five producers being China, the United States, India, Australia and South Afr
Coal Association, the global annual haul for
hard coal is over 6000 million tons, with the top five producers being China, the United States, India, Australia and South Afr
coal is over 6000 million tons, with the top five
producers being China, the United States, India, Australia and South Africa.
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change had come down
hard on
coal - fired thermal power
producers in 2015, setting a December 2017 deadline for meeting revised norms on emissions of particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury and reduced water usage.