Appendix D
Data Tables: U.S. and World Coal Reserves
The most widely referenced data tables that report the coal reserves of the United States and the rest of the world are presented below. The data reported for the United States are the Demonstrated Reserve Base (DRB) and the Estimated Recoverable Reserves (ERR) (see Table D.1); these are reported annually by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and are described in Box 3.1.
The most recent World Energy Council (WEC) compilation of worldwide coal reserves from 75 countries—the twentieth edition of Survey of Energy Resources—was published in 2004 (see Table D.2). The WEC provides the following definitions to the nation member committees, which then provide the data that are the bases for Table D.2 (WEC, 2004):
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Proved amount in place is the resource remaining in known deposits that has been carefully measured and assessed as exploitable1 under present and expected local economic conditions with existing available technology; and
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Proved recoverable reserves are the tonnage within the proved amount in place category that can be recovered in the future under present and expected local economic conditions with existing available technology.
The WEC must rely on data submitted by each country, and “it is well recognized that each country tends to have its own notion of what constitutes resources and reserves” (WEC, 2004, p. xi.).
TABLE D.1 U.S. Coal Reserve Data by State for 2005, ERR and DRB by Mining Method for 2005 (million short tons)
TABLE D.2 Proved International Recoverable Coal Reserves at End of 2002 (million tonnes)
Country |
Bituminous (including anthracite) |
Subbituminous |
Lignite |
Total |
Algeria |
40 |
|
|
40 |
Botswana |
40 |
|
|
40 |
Central African Republic |
|
|
3 |
3 |
Congo (Democratic Republic) |
88 |
|
|
88 |
Egypt (Arab Republic) |
21 |
|
|
21 |
Malawi |
|
2 |
|
2 |
Morocco |
Na |
|
|
N |
Mozambique |
212 |
|
|
212 |
Niger |
70 |
|
|
70 |
Nigeria |
21 |
169 |
|
190 |
South Africa |
48,750 |
|
|
48,750 |
Swaziland |
208 |
|
|
208 |
Tanzania |
200 |
|
|
200 |
Zambia |
10 |
|
|
10 |
Zimbabwe |
502 |
|
|
502 |
Total Africa |
50,162 |
171 |
3 |
50,336 |
Canada |
3,471 |
871 |
2,236 |
6,578 |
Greenland |
|
183 |
|
183 |
Mexico |
860 |
300 |
51 |
1,211 |
United States of America |
111,338 |
101,978 |
33,327 |
246,643 |
Total North America |
115,669 |
103,332 |
35,614 |
254,615 |
Argentina |
|
424 |
|
424 |
Bolivia |
1 |
|
|
1 |
Brazil |
|
10,113 |
|
10,113 |
Chile |
31 |
1,150 |
|
1,181 |
Colombia |
6,230 |
381 |
|
6,611 |
Ecuador |
|
|
|
24 |
Peru |
960 |
|
24 |
1,060 |
Venezuela |
479 |
|
100 |
479 |
Total South America |
7,701 |
12,068 |
124 |
19,893 |
Afghanistan |
66 |
|
|
66 |
China |
62,200 |
33,700 |
18,600 |
114,500 |
India |
90,085 |
|
2,360 |
92,445 |
Indonesia |
740 |
1,322 |
2,906 |
4,968 |
Japan |
259 |
|
|
359 |
Kazakhstan |
28,151 |
|
3,128 |
31,279 |
Korea (DPR) |
300 |
300 |
|
600 |
Korea (Republic) |
|
80 |
|
80 |
Kyrgyzstan |
|
|
812 |
812 |
Malaysia |
4 |
|
|
4 |
Mongoliab |
|
|
|
|
Myanmar |
2 |
|
|
2 |
Nepal |
|
1 |
|
1 |
Pakistan |
|
60 |
2,990 |
3,050 |