The USA dominates coal production and is the world’s second largest
coal producer. Canada is also a dominant coal producer and has a major export
market for its coal. Mexico produces coal for domestic coal purposes.
The USA was the world’s 2nd largest coal producer, after China.
Production topped the billion ton mark in 200, an increase of nearly 5% from the previous year. The USA is the world’s 2nd largest exporter of coal, after Australia. Exports from the US fell even further to 43 Mt in 2001 as demand from Asian markets fell.
Peabody Energy Corp is one of the USA's largest domestic coal producers.
Rio Tinto is one of the USA’s largest coal producers through its wholly
owned subsidiary, Kennecott Energy.
Arch Coal has three operating mines in the USA and has a combined production
of around 115million tonnes, 10% of the USA’s production.
AEI produces 5 million tonnes of coal through its coal mines in the USA.
Consol is a major coal mining company with operations throughout the USA and
Canada.
German RAG Coal International (through the acquistion of Cyprus Amax Coal) has several established operations in the USA.
Canada is 11th on the world production list, with production dropping in line with reduced exports. Coal is Canada’s single largest export to Japan. Two companies dominate the Canadian coal
production scene, Luscar and Fording Coal.
Luscar Luscar is Canada's leading coal producer and among the largest
suppliers of coal in North America. It currently has 10 opencast operations in
Canada.
Fording Coal has three major coal operations in Canada, mostly situated in
British Columbia.
Teck Cominco has three coal operations located in British Columbia,
Canada.
Mexico produced 11 million tonnes in 2000.
