The global pipeline of proposed coal mine capacity grew nearly 11% in 2025, reaching 2,521 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), per the latest Global Coal Mine Tracker from Global Energy Monitor — and almost all of that increase came from one country. India's proposed capacity climbed from 329 Mtpa in 2024 to 638 Mtpa in 2025, enough on its own to explain why the global figure moved at all.
The timing is what makes this worth pausing over. Global coal demand grew by less than half a per cent last year and is expected to flatten through the decade, per the IEA. Wind and solar overtook coal in the global electricity mix for the first time in 2025, and coal-fired generation fell 0.6% worldwide, according to Ember data cited in a recent report.
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