Australia Coal

Coal Reserves in Australia

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Australia holds 159,634 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking #3 in the world and accounting for about 14.01% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

Australia has proven reserves equivalent to 1,231.3 times its annual consumption levels. This means tit has about 1,231 years of coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

History of Coal Reserves in Australia

Coal Consumption in Australia

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• Australia consumes 129,642,679 Tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year as of the year 2016.
• Australia ranks #10 in the world for coal consumption, accounting for about 1.51% of the world's total consumption of 8,561,852,178.
• Australia consumes 5,328,519 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 24,329,963 people), or 14,599 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in Australia

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• Australia produces 554,763,963 tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking #4 in the world.

Coal Exports

• Australia exports 77% of its coal production (427,044,241 tons per day in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production