Total primary coal production

(thousand short tons)

China is the top country by primary coal production in the world. As of 2022, primary coal production in China was 4.77 million thousand short tons that accounts for 50.57% of the world's primary coal production. The top 5 countries (others are India, Indonesia, the United States of America, and Australia) account for 81.04% of it. The world's total primary coal production was estimated at 9.43 million thousand short tons in 2022.

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What is primary coal production?

The sum of sales, mine consumption, issues to miners, and issues to coke, briquetting, and other ancillary plants at mines. Production data include quantities extracted from surface and underground mines, and normally exclude wastes removed at mines or associated reparation plants. Primary coal is all coal milled and, when necessary, washed and sorted.