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Coal regions of the world
What the world digs up, grows, makes and ships, and the routes it all moves on.
Numbered as on the map
The 6 on the map
1. Appalachian coalfield
USA
Known forBituminous coal along the whole Appalachian belt
Bituminous coal along the whole Appalachian belt.
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2. Damodar Valley coalfields
India
Known forIndia's only substantial coking coal
Jharia, Raniganj, Bokaro — India’s coking coal, and the reason the Damodar is both dammed and polluted.
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For the examJharia is the only substantial coking coal in India. Raniganj was the first field worked.
3. Donbas
Ukraine
Known forCoal, heavy industry, and the reason it is contested
The Donets basin — coal and heavy industry, and the reason the region is contested.
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4. Kuznetsk (Kuzbass)
Russia
Known forRussia's principal coal basin
Russia’s principal coal basin, in southern Siberia.
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5. Ruhr
Germany
Known forThe coalfield that industrialised Europe
The coalfield that industrialised Europe, and the standard case study in post-industrial transition.
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6. Shanxi
China
Known forThe largest coal province in the largest coal country
The largest coal-producing province in the world’s largest coal-producing country.
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