Recent Examples on the WebBut with low Rhine levels, hard coal transported from Dutch ports like Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Atwerp could be in danger, according to analysts, while coal reserves at power plants are only enough for about one week. Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022 Bexbach was built to burn local coal, but the area’s last hard coal mine closed in 2012. Vanessa Guinan-bank, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022 However, Germany has since succeeded in cutting Russian fuel down to 25% of its oil imports, 40% of its natural gas imports and 25% of its hard coal imports, Reuters reported in April. Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes, 1 May 2022 For years, Berlin happily relied on Moscow for more than half of its gas imports, a third of its oil and half of its hard coal imports, ignoring warnings from the United States and other allies about Russia weaponizing its energy supplies.New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 The continent received 57 million tons of Russian hard coal that year, compared to 31 million tons for China, IEA data shows. Anna Cooban, CNN, 5 Apr. 2022 In 2020, the EU got 49% of its hard coal imports from Russia. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2022 Russia also is the EU’s main supplier of crude oil and hard coal. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2022 According to the study, the country's electricity grid is reliant on hard coal, which is even more polluting than the coal used in China. Jon Sarlin, CNN, 26 Feb. 2022 See More