Coal

• Coal is used for electricity generation, steel and cement manufacturing,and industrial process heating.
• Coal provides over 23% of global primary energy needs with 39% of the world’s electricity being generated from coal.
• Coal is the most abundantly and widely distributed fossil fuel.
• Recently developed clean coal technologies have revitalized the thermal coal industry.
• Recent significant discoveries of Bituminous coal in Eastern Saskatchewan show promise that the Province may host world class deposits.

Source: Coal Association of Canada