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{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Greeceandcoal}} Greece is the second largest producer of lignite in the EU European Union after [[Germanyand coal|Germany]], and most electricity is produced from lignite.<ref name="PPC">Energy Information Administration, [https://www.dei.gr/en/i-dei/i-etairia/tomeis-drastiriotitas/oruxeia "PPC > Company profile > Activity Sectors > Mines"], [[Public Power Corporation]], undated, accessed May 2018.</ref> The largest domestic coal producer is the government-owned [[Public Power Corporation]] (PPC), and hard coal is imported from South Africa, Russia, Venezuela, and Colombia.<ref name="U.S. Geological Survey 2005">Harold R. Newman, [http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2005/grmyb05.pdf "The Mineral Industry of Greece"], 2005 Minerals Yearbook, U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, December 2007.</ref>