China consumes almost as much coal as the rest of world combined

China consumes almost as much coal as the rest of world combined
Washington (UPI) May 14, 2013 - China consumes almost as much coal per year as the rest of the world combined, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show Wednesday. EIA said Chinese coal production and consumption increased for the 13th year in a row in 2012, the last full year for which data are available. China, EIA said, consumes about 49 percent of the coal produced globally, besting the No. ... more

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