Question

Which country is the largest exporter of coal ?
(A) Australia
(B) India
(C) Canada
(D) China

Answer 1

Hint: Coal is a sedimentary rock that can be burnt for heat, consisting mostly of carbon. Coal is easily combustible, black or brownish-black, and has a structure consisting of more than 50 percent by weight and more than 70 percent by volume of carbonaceous material, plus intrinsic humidity.

Complete answer:
 Coal is a conventional source of energy. Coal is a burnable carbonate rock, simply means that it is a rock containing organic matter (residues of plants and animals) and plenty of carbon and other materials. Yet it also has varying quantities of mineral content, and it is also called an organic mineral. Coal is also a fossil fuel, a commodity that includes the remnants of once-living plants and animals that can be burned for energy release.

The deposits of black coal in Australia are found mostly in Queensland and New South Wales. The largest coal mines in the country include the Peak Downs coal mine and the Mt Arthur coal mine. Australia, with around 70% of its coal production being exported, is the world's largest exporter of coal. Australia's coal industry is high up on the exports list and it takes up a share of 14.8% of total exports. It accounted for approximately one-third of the world's exports of bituminous coal, and a significant proportion of that coal consisted of coking coal used for steel production. Exports of both coking and thermal coal from Australia to China.

Thus the correct answer is option (A) Australia.

Note: The biggest coal deposit by volume is the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana. With shipments in 2018 of 249.4 Mtoe . The world's top coal exporting country accounts for 29 percent of global coal exports worldwide.