Why are most industries concentrated around coal mines?

Most Industries are concentrated around coal mines or the following reasons- 1. We know that the major industries are iron and steel industry. 2.The iron and steel industry requires heat to melt the steel to form different shapes. 3.Therefore more heat can be generated by the energy stored in the coals. 4.This energy can be easily available as coal mines are nearly located. read more

And in coal sector the cost of transportation is much higher than the coal price itself,so all industrialist prefer to cut down this cost and establish industry around coal mines. The most common example is powerplant.they build there plant just near coal mines area. Eg. NTPC,DVC etc. read more