Africa is host to coal deposits stretching from the far north to the far south and ranging in age from the Carboniferous through to the Miocene.Coal production in the north of the continent is however currently of a v...Africa is host to coal deposits stretching from the far north to the far south and ranging in age from the Carboniferous through to the Miocene.Coal production in the north of the continent is however currently of a very limited nature compared to that in the south,where due mainly to its low cost and relative abundance,the commodity has long been the primary source of energy.Coal is also used extensively in the metallurgical(titanium,ferrochrome,ferromanganese and steel)industries.All of the main exploited coal deposits in South-Central Africa are hosted in sedimentary rocks of the Late Carboniferous to Middle Jurassic aged,Karoo Supergroup and their temporal equivalents.展开更多
文摘Africa is host to coal deposits stretching from the far north to the far south and ranging in age from the Carboniferous through to the Miocene.Coal production in the north of the continent is however currently of a very limited nature compared to that in the south,where due mainly to its low cost and relative abundance,the commodity has long been the primary source of energy.Coal is also used extensively in the metallurgical(titanium,ferrochrome,ferromanganese and steel)industries.All of the main exploited coal deposits in South-Central Africa are hosted in sedimentary rocks of the Late Carboniferous to Middle Jurassic aged,Karoo Supergroup and their temporal equivalents.
