Editing Anthracite (section)

=== Mining ===
China today mines by far the largest share of global anthracite production, accounting for more than three-quarters of global output.<ref name="eia.gov"/> Most Chinese production is of standard-grade anthracite, which is used in power generation.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} Increased demand in China has made that country into a net importer of the fuel, mostly from Vietnam, another major producer of anthracite for power generation, although increasing domestic consumption in Vietnam means that exports may be scaled back.<ref name="Petmin Annual Report 2011">[http://www.petmin.co.za/ir/files/reports/ar2011/perf_operations.html Petmin Annual Report 2011] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505094917/http://www.petmin.co.za/ir/files/reports/ar2011/perf_operations.html |date=May 5, 2012 }}</ref>

Current U.S. anthracite production averages around five million tons per year. Of that, about 1.8 million tons were mined in the state of Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coaldiver.org/coal-diver/Pennsylvania-Anthracite |title=retrieved January 3, 2011 |publisher=Coaldiver.org |access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> [[History of anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania|Mining of anthracite coal]] continues to this day in eastern Pennsylvania, and contributes up to 1% to the gross state product. More than 2,000 people were employed in the mining of anthracite coal in 1995. Most of the mining as of that date involved reclaiming coal from slag heaps (waste piles from past coal mining) at nearby closed mines. Some underground anthracite coal is also being mined.

Countries producing HG and UHG anthracite include Russia and South Africa. HG and UHG anthracite are used as a [[coke (fuel)|coke]] or coal substitute in various [[metallurgical coal]] applications ([[sintering]], [[Pulverized coal injection method|PCI]], direct [[blast furnace|BF]] charge, [[pelletizing]]). It plays an important role in cost reduction in the steel making process and is also used in production of [[ferroalloy]]s, silicomanganese, [[calcium carbide]] and [[silicon carbide]]. South Africa exports lower-quality, higher-ash anthracite to Brazil to be used in steel-making.{{Citation needed|date=May 2015}}