United States Coal

Coal Reserves in the United States

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the United States holds 254,197 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking #1 in the world and accounting for about 22.31% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

the United States has proven reserves equivalent to 347.7 times its annual consumption levels. This means tit has about 348 years of coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

History of Coal Reserves in the United States

Coal Consumption in the United States

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• the United States consumes 731,071,000 Tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year as of the year 2016.
• the United States ranks #3 in the world for coal consumption, accounting for about 8.54% of the world's total consumption of 8,561,852,178.
• the United States consumes 2,220,889 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 329,179,427 people), or 6,085 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in the United States

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• the United States produces 728,364,498 tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking #3 in the world.

Coal Exports

• the United States exports 7% of its coal production (50,421,282 tons per day in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production