According to the statistics of the Ministry of Natural Resources, since 20 13, China's proven coal reserves have been continuously improved. China Mineral Nature Report (20 19) issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources shows that China's proven reserves of 20 1708573 million tons of coal increased by 2.5% year-on-year.
On the development of coal industry from the perspective of consumption
In terms of consumption, in 20 19, the total global coal consumption was 157.86EJ, down 0.6% from the previous year, which was the fourth decline in six years. The proportion of coal in global primary energy decreased to 27.0%, the lowest level in 16 years. The top ten countries in coal consumption are China, India, the United States, Japan, South Africa, Russia, South Korea, Indonesia, Germany and Vietnam.
Except for China, Indian, American and Japanese, the ranking has changed from 5th to 10. Among them, Vietnam surpassed Poland to become the largest coal consumer in 10. Among the top ten coal consuming countries in the world, Asia has 6 seats. In 20 19, China's coal consumption accounted for 5 1.7% of the global total consumption, an increase of 1.4 percentage points over the previous year.