Mineral Resources Potential - Geothermal Resources

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dull material; used primarily as fuel in steam-electric power
generation, with substhial quantities also used for heat and
power applicitions in manufacturing and to make coke;
Anthracite, the highest rank, used primarily for residential
and commercial space heating.
Major coal producing regions
China is the biggest producer of cod i~ &e world, while the United
States and Russia contain the world's largest coal reserves. Europe
Coal fields in South Wa(es, Yorkshire, other parts of the United
Kingdom and Australia used to be major mining areas. .,. -',t ?.
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