In connection with the plans for the closure of mines around the world and the transition of the market to wind and solar energy, which are cheap and clean energy sources, about 1 million miners risk being dismissed by 2050.
The Global Coal Mine Tracker report, prepared by the Global Energy Monitor (GEM) International Analytical Center, published data on 4300 existing and planned coal mines, providing 90% of the world coal production.
According to the study, which was announced the first in this context, 2.7 million miners are directly involved in the coal mines operating in the world.
, according to estimates, by 2035, about half a million people will be dismissed in the coal industry. This means that an average of 100 employees per day will deal with the risk of dismissal.
Given the predicted closure of mines by 2050, according to estimates, about 1 million jobs will be lost.
2.2 million people from the total number of employees in Asia are in Asia, the closure of the mines is expected to be most affected by employment in China and India.
In the Chinese mines, which accounts for more than half of the global coal production, more than 1.5 million miners work. According to official figures, 337,400 miners are occupied in India, occupying the second place in the world in coal mining.
The two countries are followed by Indonesia with 160,000 miners, Russia with 109,000 and Europe with 90,000, mainly in Poland.
The Indian state company Coal India ranks first among companies that faces the dismissal of 73,800 people by 2050.
In Turkey, according to the mines, about 12 thousand people are employed, and there is a risk that until 2050 2 thousand miners will be left without work.
Commenting on the report, the head of the GEM GLOBAL COAL Mine Tracker Dorothy Mei, noted that the closure of coal mines is inevitable, only joint system efforts can be avoided by economic and social problems that wait for the miners.