Brussels, 31/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - Coal imports have increase 41.6% in the EU between 1998 and 1999, published, this week, the European Statistical office, Eurostat. Among the European coal producing countries, France and Spain have respectively increased their production by 17.3% and 38.1%. South Africa is now the largest extra-Community supplier (23% of imports, with an increase of 9.5% compared to 1998), followed by Australia (18%, with a rise of close to 30%),the United States (13% a...