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About Statistics Publications & Documents Information by Country

Coal Information provides a comprehensive review of historical and current market trends in the world coal sector.

This reference document brings together in one volume essential statistics on coal. It therefore provides a strong foundation for policy and market analysis, which in turn can better inform the policy decision process toward selecting policy instruments best suited to meet domestic and international objectives.

Part I of the publication provides a statistical overview of developments in the world coal market in 2005. It covers world coal production and coal reserves, coal demand by type (hard, steam, coking), hard coal trade and hard coal prices.

Part II provides, in tabular and graphic form, a more detailed and comprehensive statistical picture of historical and current coal developments in the 30 OECD member countries, by region and individually.

Part III provides for selected non-OECD countries summary statistics on hard coal supply and end-use statistics for about 40 countries and regions worldwide. Complete coal balances and coal trade data for selected years are presented on sixteen major non-OECD coal producing and consuming countries.

Coal Information is one of a series of annual IEA statistical publications on major energy sources; other reports are Electricity Information, Natural Gas Information, Oil Information and Renewables Information.