Forecast coal consumption in Africa 2023, by country

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Doris Dokua Sasu,
Mar 27, 2024
In 2023, South Africa was projected to be the largest consumer of coal in Africa. The country's consumption would exceed 200 million short tons of coal that year. South Africa is also the leading coal producer on the continent.

Projected coal consumption in Africa in 2023, by country (in 1,000 short tons)

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December 2022

Region

Africa

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.
Other African countries have no wholesale consumption of the commodity

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