>Beijing plans to cut annual coal consumption by 13 million metric tons China uses over 50% of all world coal production (and produces nearly half itself, on t

>Beijing plans to cut annual coal consumption by 13 million metric tons China uses over 50% of all world coal production (and produces nearly half itself, on top of importing an amount roughly equal to 40% of American production). Of the ~7800 million metric tons produced, China used about ~4000 million metric tons of coal between power and steel industry. Unsure of source quality (but then again, original article is based on numbers from unnamed/anonymous PRC Party Official, so this source is probably just as good/bad): http://www.worldcoal.org/resources/coal-statistics/ http://www.worldcoal.org/resources/coal-statistics/