Recent developments in coal desulphurization had been reviewed. Sulphur occurred in coal as pyritic and organic sulphur. Almost all the sulphur in coal during combustion emitted as sulphur dioxide which served as a severe environmental pollutant. Emphasis had been given on the technologies for the control of emission of sulphur dioxide resulted from the combustion of coal which were developed at three stages of the combustion cycle, pre-combustion, during combustion and post-combustion. Desulphurization developments during pre-combustion of coal are presented in this part of the paper.