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Coal mining in Brazil is an important part of the country's energy economy and is its largest source of non-renewable energy. Brazil is the eighth-largest energy consumer in the world and the third largest in the Western Hemisphere. Coal accounts for approximately 5.8 percent of the country's total primary energy supply. It is the country's largest source of non-renewable energy, followed by nuclear energy, petroleum, and natural gas. Brazil produces about 6 million tons of coal per year, and total coal reserves are estimated at 32.3 billion tons.
Brazil's coal-mining region is located in the southern part of the country, and the reserves are distributed among the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. The southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul has the majority of the coal reserves. However, Santa Catarina is the largest producer of coal. The total Brazilian coal production in 2007 was 12,144,564 short tons, with the state of Santa Catarina producing 7,228,895 of those.
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