Ngaphandle kokuthi namuhla eminye imithombo yamandla isetshenziswa kakhulu futhi ngamandla, ukumbiwa kwamalahle kuyinsimu ephuthumayo yezimboni. Imali yamalahle itholakala emazweni ahlukahlukene emhlabeni, futhi ama-50 awo asebenzayo.
Ukufakwa kwamalahle omhlaba
Ubuningi bamalahle bumbiwa e-United States busuka kumadiphozithi aseKentucky nasePennsylvania, e-Illinois nase-Alabama, eColorado, eWyoming naseTexas. I-Russia ingumkhiqizi wesibili ngobukhulu walezi zimaminerali.
I-China isendaweni yesithathu ekukhiqizeni amalahle. I-India ingumkhiqizi omkhulu wamalahle futhi amadiphozithi atholakala enyakatho-mpumalanga yezwe.
Izimali ezifakwa eSaar naseSaxony, Rhine-Westphalia naseBrandenburg eJalimane sezikhiqize amalahle aqinile nansundu iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-150. Izimali ezinkulu zamalahle zitholakala eCanada nase-Uzbekistan, eColombia naseTurkey, eNyakatho Korea naseThailand, eKazakhstan nasePoland, eCzech Republic naseNingizimu Afrika.
Imali yamalahle eRussia
Ingxenye yesithathu yemithombo yamalahle emhlabeni itholakala eRussian Federation. Imali yamalahle enkulu kunazo zonke yaseRussia imi kanje:
- I-Kuznetskoye - ingxenye ebalulekile yomcengezi ilele esifundeni saseKemerovo, lapho kucitshwa khona amalahle angaba ngu-80% kanye namalahle angama-56%;
- Umgodi waseKansk-Achinsk - u-12% wamalahle ansundu agxiliwe;
- I-Tunguska Basin - etholakala engxenyeni ye-Eastern Siberia, ama-anthracites, amalahle ansundu namalahle aqinile kumbiwe;
- Isitsha sasePechora sinothe ngamalahle okupheka;
- Umgodi wase-Irkutsk-Cheremkhovsky ungumthombo wamalahle wamabhizinisi e-Irkutsk.
Ukumbiwa kwamalahle kuyigatsha elithembisa kakhulu lomnotho namuhla. Ukusetshenziswa kwayo kuncike ezindaweni zokufaka isicelo, futhi uma unciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamalahle, kuzohlala isikhathi eside.