Editing Coal (section)

===Mining===
{{main|Coal mining}}

[[File:Miners at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine.jpg|thumb|Coal miners in the [[Appalachia]] region in 1974]]
About 8,000 Mt of coal are produced annually, about 90% of which is hard coal and 10% lignite. {{As of|2018}} just over half is from underground mines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coal mining |url=https://www.worldcoal.org/coal/coal-mining |publisher=[[World Coal Association]] |access-date=5 December 2018|date=2015-04-28 }}</ref> The coal [[mining industry]] employs almost 2.7 million workers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coal industry faces 1 million job losses from global energy transition - research |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/coal-industry-faces-1-million-job-losses-global-energy-transition-research-2023-10-10/ |work=Reuters |date=10 October 2023}}</ref> More accidents occur during underground mining than surface mining. Not all countries publish [[mining accident]] statistics so worldwide figures are uncertain, but it is thought that most deaths occur in [[List of coal mining accidents in China|coal mining accidents in China]]: in 2017 there were 375 coal mining related deaths in China.<ref>{{cite news |title=China: seven miners killed after skip plummets down mine shaft |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/16/miners-killed-in-south-west-china-mining-accident |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 December 2018|agency=Agence France-Presse }}</ref> Most coal mined is thermal coal (also called steam coal as it is used to make steam to generate electricity) but metallurgical coal (also called "metcoal" or "coking coal" as it is used to make coke to make iron) accounts for 10% to 15% of global coal use.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The One Market That's Sure To Help Coal |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/judeclemente/2018/08/12/the-one-market-thats-sure-to-help-coal/#570c071f6f6e |magazine=[[Forbes]] |date=12 August 2018}}</ref>