TOP 10 COAL PRODUCING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD We at Energy Digital were curious about which other countries are hard at work mining the dirty fuel known as coal . So according to EIA data — which is as recent as 2012 totals at this time — these are the 10 countries who mine the most coal . It ’ s worth mentioning that China alone produced more coal in 2012 than all of North America combined — almost four times over and 2015 was no different . The country produced 4,025,377 thousand short tons , a 3.80 percent increase from 2011 . Read more

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