2. Major coal producers and international trading
2.1 Overview and typology
While global coal production grew by an average of just 0.9% a year between 1980 and 2000, it increased by a staggering 9.9% a year between 2000 and 2010. This growth has not been equally shared by all countries. The decline of some countries and the growth of others has created a new hierarchy of producers worldwide (table 4 ) .
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Producers (non-exhaustive list)
Peabody http://www.peabodyenergy.com/
Rio Tinto http://www.riotinto.com/
BHP Billiton http://www.bhpbilliton.com/
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