Coke futures and thermal coal futures will be listed soon. In order to prepare investors, we will sort out the investment information about thermal coal and coke futures for you. Coal is a solid combustible mineral gradually formed by ancient plants buried underground through complex biochemical and physical-chemical changes. A solid combustible organic rock, commonly known as coal, is mainly transformed from plant remains by biochemical, burial and geological processes. Coal is called black gold and industrial food. Since18th century, it has been one of the main energy sources used in the human world. Although the important position of coal has been replaced by oil now, it will inevitably decline for a long time to come. Because of the huge coal reserves, the rapid development of science and technology, the maturity and wide application of new technologies such as coal gasification, coal will surely become one of the irreplaceable energy sources in human production and life. According to the coalification degree of coal, all coals in China are divided into three categories: lignite, bituminous coal and anthracite. According to its main uses, it can be divided into power coal and coking coal. Broadly speaking, all coal used for power generation, locomotive propulsion, boiler combustion and other purposes. It belongs to power coal, referred to as power coal for short.