Subbituminous coal | coal classification |
Sep 13, 2019· Subbituminous coal, also called black lignite, generally dark brown to black coal, intermediate in rank between lignite and bituminous coal according to the coal classification used in the United States and Canada. In many countries subbituminous coal is considered to be a brown coal contains 42 to 52 percent carbon (on a dry, ashfree basis) and has .