Where is the main producing area of coal?

China is rich in coal resources, mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Henan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Xinjiang and other provinces.

In 20 12 years, the proven coal reserves in China reached113.2 billion tons.

Because China's coal production is concentrated in the western and northern regions, while coal consumption is concentrated in the eastern and southern regions, and the coal production base is far away from the consumption center, China's coal circulation presents the pattern of "transporting coal from the west to the east" and "transporting coal from the north to the south", with long transportation distance, spanning different regions and requiring various modes of transportation (road, railway, sea and river). Therefore, transportation has become the key link of coal circulation in China.

Extended data

China is the first country in the world to develop and utilize coal. Shan Hai Jing, a great work of geography, called coal "Stone Nie" and recorded several producing areas of "Stone Nie", all of which are the locations of today's coalfields after textual research.

The working people in our country not only have a long history of using coal, but also have accumulated rich experience in coal exploration and knowledge of coalfield geology. Before the birth of modern geology, a certain level of coalfield geological science and technology had been created at that time.

Geologists believe that China is rich in coal resources, rich in reserves, widely distributed, complete in coal types and broad in development prospects. China Coalfield Geological Exploration Department shoulders the heavy responsibility of finding and proving coal resources for the four modernizations of the motherland.

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