Total Primary Coal Production rose 14.8% to 39,528 kt in Bulgaria in 2015

Total primary coal production rose 14.8% to 39,528 kt in Bulgaria in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, total primary coal production in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 40,927 kt in 2011 and an all time low of 27,222 kt in 2005. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, total primary coal production in Greece amounted to 50,977 kt, 28,101 kt in Romania, 41,696 kt in Serbia and 48,824 kt in Turkey in 2015.

Bulgaria has been ranked 18th within the group of 66 countries we follow in terms of total primary coal production, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.