'''Soft coal''' may refer to several lower quality types of coal, primarily used for power generation:
*Lignite, or brown coal *Sub-bituminous coal *Bituminous coal, or black coal
{{set index article}}
{{Short pages monitor}}<!-- This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special:Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template:Long comment. Please do not remove the monitoring template without removing this comment as well.-->