Newport, Wales and was the largest masonry dock in the world. Although coal exports from Newport were by now modest compared to the Port of Cardiff (which included Cardiff, Penarth and Barry), Newport was the place where the Miners' Federation of Great Britain was founded in 1889, and international trade was sufficiently large for 8 consuls and 14 vice-consuls to be based in the town. In 1898 Lysaght's Orb Works opened and by 1901 employed 3,000 staff. Urban expansion took in Pillgwenlly and Lliswerry to the south; this eventually necessitated a new crossing of the River Usk, which was provided by the
Coal in China of 38.6% compared to the US with 37.4%. . In 2009, China required companies building new plants to retire an old plant for every new one built. In 2015, an IMF study showed that China has the largest cost of air pollution effects in the world. Coal in China China is the largest producer and consumer of coal in the world and is the largest user of coal-derived electricity. The consumption of coal has declined during the 2010s with its percentage in the energy mix falling from 80% in 2010 to 60% in 2017. Domestic coal production has also greatly