Definitions for coal industry
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1. coal industrynoun

   the producers of coal considered collectively

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1. coal industry

   Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is a type of fossil fuel, formed when dead plant matter decays into peat and is converted into coal by the heat and pressure of deep burial over millions of years. Vast deposits of coal originate in former wetlands called coal forests that covered much of the Earth's tropical land areas during the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and Permian times. Many significant coal deposits are younger than this and originate from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. Coal is used primarily as a fuel. While coal has been known and used for thousands of years, its usage was limited until the Industrial Revolution. With the invention of the steam engine, coal consumption increased. In 2020, coal supplied about a quarter of the world's primary energy and over a third of its electricity. Some iron and steel-making and other industrial processes burn coal. The extraction and use of coal causes premature death and illness. The use of coal damages the environment, and it is the largest anthropogenic source of carbon dioxide contributing to climate change. Fourteen billion tonnes of carbon dioxide was emitted by burning coal in 2020, which is 40% of the total fossil fuel emissions and over 25% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. As part of worldwide energy transition, many countries have reduced or eliminated their use of coal power. The United Nations Secretary General asked governments to stop building new coal plants by 2020. Global coal use peaked in 2013. To meet the Paris Agreement target of keeping global warming below 2 °C (3.6 °F) coal use needs to halve from 2020 to 2030, and phasing out coal was agreed upon in the Glasgow Climate Pact. The largest consumer and importer of coal in 2020 was China, which accounts for almost half the world's annual coal production, followed by India with about a tenth. Indonesia and Australia export the most, followed by Russia.

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1. coal industry

   The coal industry refers to the collection of businesses, corporations, organizations, and operations involved in the extraction, processing, distribution, and use of coal, a combustible sedimentary rock. This includes mining activities, applications in energy production, manufacturing, and other sectors that utilize coal. The industry also covers the design and production of machinery and technology required for coal mining and use, the transportation of coal, as well as research and development in clean coal technologies.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coal industry in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of coal industry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of coal industry in a Sentence

1. Jack Duff:

   Our coal industry is going down, one thing I've learned - and I am a old decrepit buzzard - is you've got to keep moving forward. Our people have to adapt.

2. Zhang Xiaojin:

   The VAT cut is apparently good news for China's coal industry. The expected 4 percentage point cut will relieve a lot of pressure from domestic coal firms as they do not have many advantages competing with foreign mines in either price or quality.

3. Pat Markey:

   Vietnam is a big growth story for the coal industry. Coal demand will be extremely strong.

4. Cecil Roberts:

   Coal's not back. Nobody saved the coal industry.

5. Prime Minister Beata Szydlo:

   There is a difficult time for coal mining ahead of us, but I believe that together, with joint actions of the government, the state and the coal miners it will be possible to create good prospects for the coal industry. It has to be merged with the electricity sector.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=coal industry
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Industry
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