Oct 07, 2015· In industry, and in power generation in particular, oil was partly replaced by coal. IEA data show that in 2012 the share of industry in the world's total coal consumption was around 80 percent, up from 56.6 percent in 1973. In absolute numbers, global industry consumed 727 mtoe of coal in 2012, i.e. approximately double the 1973 level.