国际能源署在最近出版的“煤炭信息”中预测全球一次能源需求将从1993年的8000Mt上升到2010年的11600Mt（油当量）。这个增长速度相当于过去20年的增长速度，该预测指出煤成为参加经合组织国家主要的发电燃料，一些快速发展的亚洲国家用煤需求也很强劲。虽然世界煤炭工业仍是自 In the recently published Coal Information, the IEA projects that global primary energy demand will rise from 8,000 Mt in 1993 to 11,600 Mt (oil equivalent) in 2010. This growth rate is equivalent to the growth rate over the past 20 years, which indicates that coal has become the main fuel for power generation in the OECD countries and that some fast-growing Asian countries are also in strong demand for coal. Although the world coal industry is still self