* Soft brown coal reserves also include sub-bituminous coal.
BGR (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe) is the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Commodities.
In 2022, Russia's lignite coal reserves amounted to more than ** billion metric tons, making it the country with the largest lignite coal reserves worldwide. Australia ranked second, with lignite reserves amounting to over ** billion metric tons.
Lignite is also known as brown coal and is a sedimentary rock formed by naturally compressed peat. With a carbon content of ** to ** percent, it is the lowest rank of coal due to its low heat content compared to other forms such as hard coal/anthracite.
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Reserves of lignite worldwide in 2022, by leading country (in million metric tons) [Graph], BGR, February 26, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/264778/countries-with-the-largest-soft-brown-coal-reserves/
