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Study Shows Coal Industry Generates Billions in Economic Activity for West Virginia
wvcoalforum.org

A new study on the economic impact of West Virginia’s coal industry shows that even when facing the worst regulatory pressures in history, mining still generated nearly $13 billion in economic activity for the Mountain State ...

What Happens When a Mine Closes?
AZoMining.com (press release) (blog)

As the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act states: “Coal mining operations presently contribute significantly to the Nation's energy ...

8% boost in revenue for Arch Coal in 2Q18
World Coal

Yesterday, American coal mining and processing company Arch Coal, Inc. (Arch) reported its 2Q18 results; a key highlight was the company's ...

EU coal regions—opportunities and challenges ahead
Phys.Org

Over the past few decades the production and consumption of coal in the EU has been in steady decline, due to the closure of coal mines and the ...

Coal severance money allows McDowell County to regain four deputies
Bluefield Daily Telegraph

These new hires were made possible by coal severance money, according to McDowell County Commissioner Gordon Lambert. “It is great that we ...

Hope and Change in an Alabama Coal Mine
The Atlantic

“We know you 'get it' and you love America and coal miners,” Johnson wrote recently in a letter to the White House. “Keep fighting for us and we will ...

Federal mine safety agency holding input meetings around US
Fort Worth Star Telegram

The Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration is seeking information on safety improvements with hauling vehicles and bulldozers ...

Trump's Making US Coal Exports the Greatest They've Ever Been
Bloomberg

President Donald Trump was elected partly on a platform of boosting the U.S. coal industry. U.S. production, including metallurgical coal used for steel ...

Rio Tinto completes $2.2 billion sale of Kestrel underground coal mine
Mining Global - Mining News, Magazine and Website

One of the world's biggest coal mining companies has finally exited the coal industry, with the sale of its final coal assets in Australia. Rio Tinto has ...

Pakistan's pivot to coal to boost energy gets critics fired up
Financial Times

Under the CPEC, Beijing is planning to spend at least $35bn building new power stations, which will be mainly coal-fired, using resources from ...

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