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Table 6.7
Distribution of world coal reserves
Country
Percentage of world reserves
United States
28.6
Russia
18.5
China
13.5
Australia
9.0
India
6.7
South Africa
5.7
Ukraine
4.0
Kazakhstan
3.7
Poland
0.9
Canada
0.8
Brazil
0.8
Colombia
0.8
Germany
0.8
Others
6.2
Source:
British Petroleum (BP Statistical Review of Energy, 2008).
SMALL FIELD
OR ISOLATED
OCCURENCE
1
RANK
Anthracite
2
Bituminous Coal
Subbituminous Coal
Lignite
FIELD
A
B
S
L
1 Symbolic representation; these small areas or data points cannot be shown to scale.
2 Principal anthracite deposits are in Pennsylvania. Small deposits occur in Alaska,
Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Utah, Virginia,
Washington and West Virginia.
Figure 6.6
Coal in the United States, U. S. Geological Survey,1996.
