Colliery: How Coal Mining Works?
Dec 11, 2018· Most of the coal burned in power plants in the US are either bituminous or sub-bituminous. Coal Mining Process. The US burned roughly 700 million tons of coal in 2016—enough to fill a standard railroad car every 4 seconds. 90% of that coal consumption went into the generation of electricity, while the rest (just 10%) was burned for other ...