IEA: Global coal demand growth slows to 0.4% in 2025

Global coal demand in 2025 grew 0.4%, or roughly 30 million tonnes, on year, coming in well below the 1.4% rise seen in 2024 and extending a gradually moderating growth trend since 2021, the International Energy Agency reported in its Global Energy Review on April 20.

Coal-fired power generation, which accounts for two thirds of global coal usage, showed diverging trends across key regions worldwide last year, with stronger generation in the United States primarily balancing out declines seen in other countries such as China and India, the report pointed out. In the US, the Trump