As EURACOAL’s premier publication, Coal industry across Europe provides a snapshot of the coal and lignite mining industry and the influence of EU policy on the coal sector as a whole, including power generation.  With many facts and figures, it covers not only the EU, but also Energy Community countries and the UK and Morocco, given that these two coal-using countries are well interconnected with EU member states. In this 8^th edition, new chapters on phasing out coal in the EU and what a just transition means complement an updated chapter on the international coal market and global energy trends.

The association’s beautifully illustrated report was published on the web in January and is now available in hard copy (and pdf) with a foreword by Prof. Jerzy Buzek, a Member of the European Parliament since 2004, President of the European Parliament 2009-2012, and Prime Minister of Poland 1997-2001.  As he steps down from the European Parliament, he recalls his first impressions of EURACOAL in 2004 and looks to a future in which those working in the coal sector’s transformation can be as proud as their forefathers.