Abstract: A coal combustion apparatus capable of improving NO.sub.x reduction to a large extent is provided, which apparatus comprises a pulverized coal-feeding pipe (abbreviated to coal pipe) inserted into a burner throat on the lateral wall of a combustion furnace and for feeding the coal and air into the furnace; a means for feeding the coal and air into the coal pipe; a secondary air passageway formed between the coal pipe and a secondary air-feeding pipe provided on the outer peripheral side of the coal pipe; a ternary air passageway formed on the outer peripheral side of the secondary air-feeding pipe; a means for feeding air or an oxygen-containing gas into the secondary air passageway and that into the ternary air passageway; and a bluff body having a cross-section of a L-letter form provided at the tip end of the coal pipe.