Research and Markets: Global Coal Industry 2011 - Coal will stay as a major source of energy in both the developed as well as emerging economies

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/feb9d8/global_coal_indust) has announced the addition of the "Global Coal Industry 2011" report to their offering.

As much as governments around the world would like to reduce dependency on this fossil fuel, it seems highly likely that the global consumption of coal is not going to go down anytime soon. Coal remains one of the most popular sources of energy around the world even today, in spite of the environmental concerns revolving the burning and mining of coal.

With coal being used primarily as a solid fuel around the world for the production of electricity and heat through combustion, it remains to be seen whether the use of clean coal technologies is going to make much of a difference in global greenhouse gas emissions or not.

With the US, Australia, India, China, and South Africa, being some of the leading producers and consumers of coal, coal is definitely here to stay as a major source of energy in both the developed as well as emerging economies. While there have been a lot of new developments in clean coal technologies, one can say for certain that coal, as a source of fuel and energy, is hardly ever going to go out of use.

Coal accounts for nearly 70% of China's total energy consumption. The development and production of the coal industry provides stability in China's economic growth. The world's largest coal producer and consumer, China's ""recovery rate"" for coal resources is just 30% - less than half the world average. China is soon to become the largest consumer of coal derived electricity as well. China's coal mining industry is one of the largest as well as the deadliest in terms of human safety standards as thousands of people lose their lives every year in coal pits itself.

Key Topics Covered:

• Executive Summary
• Analysis of the Global Coal Industry
• Analysis of the Global Coal Mining Industry
• Analysis of Major Coal Producing Countries
• Analysis of Major Players
• Major Coal Mines of the World
• Conclusion

Companies Mentioned:

• Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
• Anglo American Plc
• Anhui Hengyuan Coal Industry Co Ltd
• Arch Coal
• BHP Billiton
• China Coal Energy Company Limited
• China National Coal Group Corporation
• China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.
• China Shenhua Energy Company Limited
• Cloud Peak Energy Inc.
• Coal India Limited
• ConocoPhillips
• CONSOL Energy
• Exxaro Resources
• Foundation Coal Corporation
• Grande Cache Coal Corporation
• Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal Co., Ltd
• Henan Shenhuo Coal &Power Co., Ltd
• Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Company Ltd.
• Macarthur Coal Limited
• Patriot Coal Corporation
• Peabody Energy Corporation
• PT Adaro Energy Tbk
• PT Bumi Resources Tbk
• RAG AG
• Raspadskaya OAO
• Rio Tinto
• Sasol Limited
• Shanxi Xishan Coal and Electricity Power
• Siberian Coal Energy Company
• SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chem Industries, Inc.
• SUEK-Krasnoyarsk OAO
• Taiyuan Coal Gasification Company, Ltd
• Teck Resources Limited
• TECO Energy, Inc
• UK Coal Plc
• Vale S.A.
• Western Coal Corporation
• Xstrata Plc
• Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited
• Zhengzhou Coal Industry & Electric Power

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