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Global coal production, 2018-2021

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  • China
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Australia
  • United States
  • Russia
  • European Union
  • Rest of world

Global coal production annual changes by region, 2018-2021

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  • China
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Australia
  • United States
  • Russia
  • European Union
  • Rest of world

Annual changes in coal production in Australia and Indonesia, 2019-2021

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  • Thermal coal for domestic consumption
  • Thermal coal for export
  • Met coal for export

Changes in thermal coal exports, 2019-2020

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Changes in thermal coal exports, 2020-2021

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Changes in metallurgical coal exports, 2019-2020

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Changes in metallurgical coal exports, 2020-2021

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Average labour costs and share in total coal mining costs in selected countries, 2018-2020

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Australian coal exports, capacity of coal export mining projects and annual export capacity by port

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  • Coal exports 2018-2019
  • More-advanced capacity
  • Less-advanced capacity
  • Port capacity

Indicative hard coking coal FOB supply curve 2019 and average FOB marker prices

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  • Australia
  • Indonesia
  • Russia
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Mozambique
  • Mongolia
  • Rest of world
  • 2018

Indicative low calorific (< 4 500 kcal/kg) thermal coal FOB supply curve 2019 and average FOB marker prices

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  • Australia
  • Indonesia
  • Russia
  • South Africa
  • 2018

Capacity of more-advanced hard coal export mining projects by country and coal grade

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  • Thermal coal
  • Met coal
  • Both
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