# Coal mining: Relationships

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_mining/links/

Every element and industry that Coal mining is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

- [Thermal coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-thermal-coal/): Thermal coal is what most coal mines sell, so mine output and power station demand move together. In India the link runs through Coal India, which mined about 74% of the country's coal in 2024-25 and sells most of it to power plants on long contracts at prices set at home rather than by the seaborne market. *(researched)*
- [Coking coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-coking-coal/): Coking coal is the premium product of coal mining, dug from specific seams and washed to steelmaking grade; India mines about 67 Mt but its coal is high in ash, so it imports about 90% of its metallurgical coal and is pushing to reach 140 Mt of domestic output by 2030. *(researched)*
- [Coal transport](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-coal-transport/): Energy flows from coal mining to coal transport; their prices have moved together.
- [Ammonium nitrate](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonium-nitrate-and-coal-mining/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Energy in farming](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-energy-in-farming/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Explosives and propellants](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-explosives-and-propellants/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Flare and off-gas recovery](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-flare-and-off-gas-recovery/): Energy flows from coal mining to flare and off-gas recovery.
- [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-natural-gas/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Steam turbines and thermal power plants](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/coal-mining-and-steam-turbines-and-thermal-power-plants/): Energy flows from coal mining to steam turbines and thermal power plants.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_mining/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_mining/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_mining/correlation/index.md)
- [Efficiency](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_mining/efficiency/index.md)
- [Techniques](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_mining/techniques/index.md)
- [Resources and labour](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_mining/resources/index.md)
- [Impact on the biosphere](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_coal_mining/biosphere/index.md)