The price of coal has made Japan review their own local resources, according to a report from the New York Times.
Environmental laws and workforce attraction will prevent a return to the large mines of the 1950's, but there have been proposals to raise production using new, untested technologies like pumping in water or heat to liquefy coal so it can be sucked out of the ground like oil.
In the United Kingdom, where coal’s decline became a symbol of withered industrial might, companies are increasing production and considering reopening at least one closed mine as demand for British coal rises.
In recent months, South Korea has experienced calls to create a domestic coal industry in order to reduce dependence on imports.
In Kenya, a bituminous coal deposit at 11 metres below ground may reduce that country's reliance on South African imports.
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