煤炭工业基本情况澳大利亚是世界最大的煤炭出口国和重要的产煤国。该国煤炭资源丰富,地质赋存良好,品种质量较佳,地理位置优越。截至2005年,澳大利亚已探明煤炭可采储量785亿吨,其中,无烟煤和烟煤386亿吨,次烟煤和褐煤399亿吨。探明煤炭可采储量占世界的8.6%,排在美国、俄罗斯和中国之后,位居世界第四位。 The basic situation of the coal industry Australia is the world’s largest coal exporter and an important coal producer. The country is rich in coal resources, geological well-preserved, better quality varieties, excellent geographical location. As of 2005, Australia has proved 78.5 billion tons of recoverable coal reserves, of which 38.6 billion tons of anthracite and bituminous coal, and 39.9 billion tons of sub-bituminous and brown coal. Proved coal recoverable reserves account for 8.6% of the world, after the United States, Russia and China, ranking the fourth in the world.