Countries with the biggest coal reserves
More than 80% of the world's total proved coal reserves are located in just 10 countries. The US tops the list with more than a quarter of the proven coal reserves, while China, which ranks third, is the biggest producer and consumer of coal.
The world's biggest coal reserves by country
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United States of America
The United States holds the world's biggest coal reserves. The nation's proved coal reserves as of December 2012 stood at 237.295 billion tonnes (Bt) comprising more than one quarter of the total proven coal reserves in the world.
The country's reserves are widely distributed across the country's geography with Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, western Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas hosting most of the reserves.
Russia
The Russian Federation possesses the second biggest coal reserves. The country was estimated to hold 157.01Bt of proved coal reserves as of December 2012, accounting for about 18% of the world's total.
Russia's major deposits include the Donetskii reserves in Moscow, the Pechora basins in Western Russia and the Kuznetski, Kansk-Achinsk, Irkutsk and South Yakutsk basins in Eastern Russia.
China
China holds the third largest coal reserves in the world. Its proven coal reserves as of December 2012 stood at 114.5Bt, constituting about 13% of the world's total proven coal reserves. China is also the world's biggest producer and consumer of coal.
Australia
The fourth largest coal reserves in the world are held by Australia. The country was estimated to possess 76.4Bt of proved coal reserves at the end of 2012, accounting for about nine percent of the total proven coal reserves in the world.
India
India holds the fifth biggest coal reserves in the world. The country's proved coal reserves as of December 2013 were estimated at 60.6Bt. India accounts for about seven percent of the world's total proved coal reserves.
Germany
Germany has the world's sixth biggest amount, with 40.7Bt of proven coal reserves at the end of 2012. Germany possesses about 4.7% of the world's total proved coal reserves.
The Ruhr Coal Basin in the North Rhine-Westphalia state and the Saar Basin in the south-west Germany account for more than 75% of the country's hard coal production.
Ukraine
Ukraine holds the seventh largest coal reserves in the world. The country's proved coal reserves as of December 2012 were estimated at 33.873Bt. Ukraine's share in the world's total proved coal reserves is 3.9%.
Most of the country's coal reserves are located in Donets Basin in Eastern Ukraine. Also known as the Donbas Coal basin, the Donets Basin is spread across three Ukrainian provinces, namely Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Luhansk. Ukraine has 149 operating coal mines, out of which 120 are state-owned and 29 are private mines.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, with more than 400 coal deposits, holds the eighth largest coal reserves in the world. The country was estimated to contain 33.6Bt of proven coal reserves at the end of 2012. It accounts for approximately 3.9% of the world's total proved coal reserves.
The country's proved coal reserves are mostly concentrated in three provincesn including Karaganda Oblast in Central Kazakhstan and the Pavlodar and Kostanay Oblasts in North Kazakhstan.
Colombia
Colombia's coal reserves put it in ninth place. Proven coal reserves of the country as of December 2012 were estimated at 6.746Bt, which amount to one fifth of the proved coal reserves of Kazakhstan, the eighth biggest.
Colombia hosts the biggest coal reserves in South America, with reserves mostly concentrated in the Guajira peninsula.
Canada
Canada ranks as the tenth biggest in the world, with coal reserves only slightly less than that of Colombia. The proved coal reserves of Canada as of December 2012 stood at 6.582Bt, accounting for about 0.1% of the world's total proved coal reserves.
More than 90% of Canada's coal reserves are located in sedimentary basins in the western part of the country.
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