Coal price in Pakistan

Import and export of coal

Coal Imports

• Pakistan imported 24,066.22 thousand short tons of coal in 2022.
• The average value for Pakistan during 1980-2022 was 4,585.57 thousand short tons.
• The minimum import was 354.94 thousand short tons in 1981 and maximum was 24,066.22 thousand short tons in 2022.

Coal Exports

• Pakistan’s coal and petroleum exports were estimated to be worth PKR 12,289,000,000 in August 2022.
• The average value of coal exports is 2,875.000 PKR million.
• The highest export value was 36,577.000 PKR million in September 2013, and the lowest was 2.000 PKR million in October 2012.

Coal Production and Consumption

• Production of primary coal in Pakistan in 2021 was 9,306 thousand short tons.
• Pakistan’s primary coal consumption in 2021 was 29,254 thousand short tons.

Other Facts

• Pakistan is the sixth-richest country in terms of coal resources.
• The Thar coalfield in Sindh has an estimated 175.5 billion tons of coal.
• Coal is a significant fuel source for cement production in Pakistan.
• Pakistan’s coal consumption is expected to increase due to growing energy demands

Sindh Engross Coal Mining Company (SECMC)

Sindh Engross Coal Mining Company (SECMC) is Pakistan’s leading coal producer operating Pakistan’s first open-pit lignite mine in Block II of Tharparkar area in Sindh province of Pakistan. With a current annual mining capacity of 7.6 million tons it provides lignite quality coal to power producers in Pakistan.

Coal Reserve in Pakistan

Pakistan holds 3,377 million tons (Mms) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking 20th in the world and accounting for about 0% of the world’s total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (Mms).
Pakistan has proven reserves equivalent to 331.1 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 331 years of Coal left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

“empirical formulae” was determined based on the analysis of the elements found in the carbonaceous material of the coal. It ended up as C100 H77.3 O13.1 N1.5 S1.2.

Different between coal and charcoal

Charcoal vs Coal

Coal is a natural mineral that forms over the span of millions of years while charcoal is a manufactured product created from wood. While coal in its natural state is never used alone in a barbeque or smoker, it is commonly added to charcoal briquettes to increase the energy density.

Coal	Charcoal
Coal is the mineral anthracite, a fossil fuel composed of carbon and created over millions of years by the pressurizing and long term breakdown of organic materials like plant remains. It is a black mineral found below the ground and mined out like any other rock or mineral. It is considered sedimentary, but can become metamorphic with continued exposure to heat and pressure. It is used for burning to supply heat and to make coal gas and coal tar.	Charcoal is produced by slow heating of wood or other combustible substances in the absence of oxygen. It is also a black substance made by burning wood slowly in an oven with a little air, and can be used as a filtering material or as fuel or for drawing. It is similar in some respects to coal but is less dense and more porous. So the main difference between the two is that coal is a mineral and charcoal is the ultimate form of burnt wood.
Hot coal is the glowing ember that remains after a charcoal or wood fire dies down. Embers are almost as hot as the fire and can almost always burst back into flames when it gets more airflow. As they are a much more consistent heat source compared to the open flames, you often want to wait for your wood or charcoal to burn down to ember before cooking on it.	Lump is charcoal in its truest form. It’s created by the previously mentioned process without any additives. Lump charcoal is often favored over briquettes because it usually burns hotter and cleaner. This also means that you will likely use them up a lot quicker compared to briquettes.

Formula of coal

Coal is a mixture of inorganic mineral matter (the stuff that becomes ash when coal is burned) and carbonaceous matter (carbon containing structures). To take information from the “Users Handbook for the Argonne Premium Coal Samples” (1993) one of the 6 samples in the collection is a coal from the Illinois coal basin, named Illinois #6. It is a high sulfur-containing bituminous coal. The analysis of the Illinois #6 coal (in dry %) is 77.7% C, 5% H, 13.5% oxygen, 4.83% sulfur and 15.5% ash. An “empirical formulae” is sometimes calculated for coals, this is simply taking the organic material in the coal and determining the number of atoms of each in relation to 100 atoms of carbon. So for this Illinois.

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