Colombia Coal

Coal Reserves in Colombia

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Colombia holds 5,380 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking #17 in the world and accounting for about 0.47% of the world’s total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst).

Colombia has proven reserves equivalent to 472.6 times its annual consumption levels. This means tit has about 473 years of coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

History of Coal Reserves in Colombia

Coal Consumption in Colombia

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• Colombia consumes 11,385,457 Tons (short tons, “st”) of Coal per year as of the year 2016.

• Colombia ranks #36 in the world for coal consumption, accounting for about 0.13% of the world’s total consumption of 8,561,852,178.

• Colombia consumes 240,010 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 47,437,512 people), or 658 cubic feet per capita per day.

Coal Production in Colombia

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• Colombia produces 99,772,271 tons (short tons, “st”) of Coal per year (as of 2016) ranking #11 in the world.

Coal Exports

• Colombia exports 92% of its coal production (91,881,020 tons per day in 2016).

History of Coal Consumption and Production