The coal industry in the European Union in 2004 and 2005

European Commission Eurostat

Description

Environment and energy
Coal - hydrocarbons
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

Sujets

• Coal
• Energy consumption
• Energy development
• Coke
• Sciences et techniques

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-EUROSTAT
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English

Extrait

Statistics

in focus

ENVIRONMENT AND

ENERGY

14/2006

Environment

Author

Carola DAHLSTRÖM

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Coal and Coke-oven coke data

in 2004 and 2005.

T he c oal indust r y in t he

Eur opean Union in 2004 and

2005

COAL

Consumption: Gross inland consumption of coal in the EU-25 fell by 11.3

million tonnes (- 3.1 %) between 2004 and 2005, from 363.2 million tonnes to

351.9 million tonnes.

Primary production: In 2005 Poland was the largest coal producer in the EU-

25, with 98 million tonnes. It accounted for 57 % of the total EU output of 171

million tonnes.

Imports:

Total imports of coal for EU-25 remained stable, 218 million

tonnes in 2004 compared with 217 million tonnes in 2005.

There was little year-on-year change in extra-Community imports, which

totalled 194 million tonnes for EU-25. South Africa was the most important

country of origin with 26 % of total extra-Community imports.

COKE-OVEN COKE

Production: EU-25 production of coke-oven coke fell over the two years in

question by 4.1 % or 1.7 million tonnes.

Total imports: Imports fell between 2004 and 2005 by some 2.1 million

tonnes or almost 17.4 % for EU-25.

EU-25: Gross inland consumption of coal 1990 - 2005

(1990 = 100)

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Manuscript completed on: 05.09.2006

Data extracted on: 29.06.2006

ISSN 1562-3106

Catalogue number: KS-NQ-06-014-EN-N-C

© European Communities, 2006