What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| transactional/sales | Mine operators and their trading arms; utility buyers; US EIA form 923 fuel receipts; customs authorities | Per contract / per delivery; EIA data monthly per plant-supplier-mine with… | public |
| inventory & supply chain | Mine and port stockpile reports, utility coal stock filings (EIA-923/EIA-861M), Chinese port stock trackers (CCTD), consultancies | Per stockpile/port weekly; per power plant monthly stock days | public |
| geospatial/movement | Geological surveys and mining regulators (mine boundary and abandoned-workings GIS); satellite imagery vendors (Planet, Maxar); Global… | Per mine polygon/point; per satellite scene revisit | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Mining ministries and regulators (US MSHA/OSMRE and state agencies, UK Coal Authority, Poland's PGI, India MoC, Australian state resources… | Per licence/lease/permit area with operator, boundaries, dates | public |
| employment & workforce | MSHA quarterly mine employment reports, national statistics offices, mining unions, operator HR systems | Per mine quarterly headcount and hours worked; national monthly aggregates | public |
| financial filings | Listed coal producers (SEC 10-K, ASX, JSE, LSE filings), national company registers, state-owned enterprise annual reports (Coal India, PGG) | Quarterly/annual per legal entity; sometimes per-segment or per-mine cost per… | public |
| incident/safety/claims | MSHA (accident/injury/violation databases), other national mine safety inspectorates, ILO, operator HSE systems | Per incident, per inspection, per citation; per mine quarterly employment-hours… | public |
| waste & emissions | Environmental regulators (US EPA GHGRP subpart FF for coal mine methane, E-PRTR in EU), operators' tailings/spoil reporting, Global Energy… | Per mine annual emissions; per waste facility inventory | public |
| production output | Mine operators; national statistics/energy agencies (EIA, Eurostat, China NBS); IEA Coal Information; coal association reports | Per mine monthly/quarterly tonnage (regulatory filings); national… | public |
| pricing | Price reporting agencies (Argus, Platts/S&P Global, IHS McCloskey), exchanges (ICE, CME, Zhengzhou), GlobalCOAL | Daily/weekly index assessments per benchmark grade and loading port… | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | Rail carriers (BNSF, Union Pacific, PKP Cargo, Indian Railways), port and coal terminal operators, AIS/ship-tracking vendors (Kpler… | Per railcar/trainload, per vessel voyage/shipment, per port monthly throughput | purchasable |
| energy consumption | Operators; utilities billing mines; national energy balances (IEA/Eurostat industry sector); large-consumer registries | Per site monthly electricity/diesel consumption; national sectoral annual | partnership |
| weather-dependent metrics | National met services; operators' site weather stations and mine dewatering/pit-flooding records | Hourly/daily per site; rainfall-driven production interruption logs | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Mine laboratories, independent inspection/assay firms (SGS, Bureau Veritas, Intertek), buyers' labs | Per lot / per shipment certificate of analysis (CV, ash, sulphur, moisture… | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Mine operators' SCADA and mine-monitoring systems; OEM telematics platforms (Caterpillar VisionLink, Komatsu, Wenco, Modular Mining)… | Sub-minute per machine, per sensor, per ventilation node | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Operators' EAM/CMMS (SAP PM, Pronto), OEM and dealer service records, longwall/dragline condition-monitoring providers | Per asset per work order; per component condition reading | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.