| Coal: Proved Reserves at end 2008 |
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Anthracite |
Sub-bituminous |
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| Million tonnes |
and bituminus |
and lignite |
Total |
Share of Total |
R/P ratio |
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| US |
108950 |
129358 |
238308 |
28.9% |
224 |
| Canada |
3471 |
3107 |
6578 |
0.8% |
97 |
| Mexico |
860 |
351 |
1211 |
0.1% |
106 |
| Total North America |
113281 |
132816 |
246097 |
29.8% |
216 |
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| Brazil |
- |
7059 |
7059 |
0.9% |
* |
| Colombia |
6434 |
380 |
6814 |
0.8% |
93 |
| Venezuela |
479 |
- |
479 |
0.1% |
74 |
| Other S. & Cent. America |
51 |
603 |
654 |
0.1% |
* |
| Total S. & Cent. America |
6964 |
8042 |
15006 |
1.8% |
172 |
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| Bulgaria |
5 |
1991 |
1996 |
0.2% |
70 |
| Czech Republic |
1673 |
2828 |
4501 |
0.5% |
75 |
| Germany |
152 |
6556 |
6708 |
0.8% |
35 |
| Greece |
- |
3900 |
3900 |
0.5% |
58 |
| Hungary |
199 |
3103 |
3302 |
0.4% |
351 |
| Kazakhstan |
28170 |
3130 |
31300 |
3.8% |
273 |
| Poland |
6012 |
1490 |
7502 |
0.9% |
52 |
| Romania |
12 |
410 |
422 |
0.1% |
12 |
| Russian Federation |
49088 |
107922 |
157010 |
19.0% |
481 |
| Spain |
200 |
330 |
530 |
0.1% |
32 |
| Turkey |
- |
1814 |
1814 |
0.2% |
21 |
| Ukraine |
15351 |
18522 |
33873 |
4.1% |
438 |
| United Kingdom |
155 |
- |
155 |
w |
9 |
| Other Europe & Eurasia |
1025 |
18208 |
19233 |
2.3% |
268 |
| Total Europe & Eurasia |
102042 |
170204 |
272246 |
33.0% |
218 |
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| South Africa |
30408 |
- |
30408 |
3.7% |
121 |
| Zimbabwe |
502 |
- |
502 |
0.1% |
287 |
| Other Africa |
929 |
174 |
1103 |
0.1% |
* |
| Middle East |
1386 |
- |
1386 |
0.2% |
* |
| Total Middle East &
Africa |
33225 |
174 |
33399 |
4.0% |
131 |
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| Australia |
36800 |
39400 |
76200 |
9.2% |
190 |
| China |
62200 |
52300 |
114500 |
13.9% |
41 |
| India |
54000 |
4600 |
58600 |
7.1% |
114 |
| Indonesia |
1721 |
2607 |
4328 |
0.5% |
19 |
| Japan |
355 |
- |
355 |
w |
289 |
| New Zealand |
33 |
538 |
571 |
0.1% |
111 |
| North Korea |
300 |
300 |
600 |
0.1% |
17 |
| Pakistan |
1 |
2069 |
2070 |
0.3% |
496 |
| South Korea |
133 |
- |
133 |
w |
48 |
| Thailand |
- |
1354 |
1354 |
0.2% |
75 |
| Vietnam |
150 |
- |
150 |
w |
4 |
| Other Asia Pacific |
115 |
276 |
391 |
w |
26 |
| Total Asia Pacific |
155809 |
103444 |
259253 |
31.4% |
64 |
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| Total World |
411321 |
414680 |
826001 |
100.0% |
122 |
| of which: European Union |
8427 |
21143 |
29570 |
3.6% |
51 |
| OECD |
159012 |
193083 |
352095 |
42.6% |
164 |
| Former Soviet Union |
93609 |
132386 |
225995 |
27.4% |
433 |
| Other EMEs |
158700 |
89211 |
247911 |
30.0% |
60 |
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Source of reserves data:
World Energy Council 2009. |
| * More than 500 years. |
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| w Less
than 0.05%. |
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| Notes:
Proved reserves
of coal - Generally taken to be those quantities that geological and
engineering information |
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with reasonable certainty can be recovered in the future from known deposits
under existing |
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| economic and operating
conditions. |
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| Reserves-to-production
(R/P) ratio - If the reserves remaining at the end of
the year are divided by the |
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| production
in that year, the result is the length of time that those remaining reserves
would last if |
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| production
were to continue at that rate. |
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