Go to the coal mine to see coal, sample and test it, sign a purchase contract when appropriate, pay for coal in advance, and then transport it to your trading point for sale. This is probably the process. If there are relatively regular customers, the process and cost will be much less. Coal industry is generally divided into production units, sales units and users. As the name implies, the production units are all coal mines. There are two kinds of sales units, one is coal trade, including domestic trade and foreign trade, without deep processing. There is also deep processing, such as common coal washing plants, briquette plants and carbon plants. In fact, carbon plants can also be classified as users. Then there are users, such as ironworks, coking plants, ferroalloy production plants, fertilizer plants, power plants, lime plants and so on.

In the total energy production and consumption in China, coal has always occupied a large proportion. In 2009, the proportion of coal in China's total energy production and consumption was 77.3% and 70.4% respectively. In the long run, the coal-based pattern will not change. At the same time, in most countries and regions, coal power generation and heating still have cost advantages. The recent earthquake and nuclear leakage in Japan have made countries around the world re-examine the position of traditional energy sources, especially coal, in the energy structure. Coal is one of the main raw materials in iron and steel industry. Therefore, how to supply coal more effectively is still in a very important position.

Selling coal requires three kinds of certificates.

1. coal business license: the coal business qualification examination department designated by the people's government is responsible for the supervision and management of coal business within its administrative area.

2. Industrial and commercial business license: Obtain the application form for establishment registration, the register of shareholders (promoters), the registration form of directors, managers, supervisors and legal representatives, and the registration form of designated representatives or entrusted agents, and submit them to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau together with the notice of name approval, the articles of association, the lease contract, a copy of the real estate license and the capital verification report. You can get the license in about three working days.

3. Safe business certificate: The fire department will review the safety standards of the place where you sell coal, and the office staff will test the safety factor of the rented site, such as fire hazards, and then operate normally.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) coal law

Thirty-ninth coal trading enterprises engaged in coal trading shall abide by the provisions of relevant laws and regulations, improve services and ensure supply. All illegal business activities are prohibited.

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 225 Whoever, in violation of State regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disrupts the market order, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times for illegal gains or confiscation of property:

(a) operating a franchise or monopoly commodity or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission;

(2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;

(three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business;

(four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.