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Mining Technologies For the Mines of the Future
Nanalyze
Surface mining is when contact with the Earth's surface is always maintained during the operation. We recently wrote about a company called RS ...

Coal Mining Market Value with Status and Global Analysis 2019 to 2025
Worldwide Market
The report provides a unique tool for evaluating the Market, highlighting opportunities, and supporting strategic and tactical decision-making.

Influencing Factors Of The Global Mining Automation Market In USA, EU, China, India, Japan And ...
Marketing Strategy
The most recent announcement by MarketResearch.Biz on 'Global Mining Automation market' starts with product illustration, definition, development ...

End of the line for old king coal?
expressandstar.com
Deep coal mining in the UK ended with the closure of Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire in December 2015, although open-cast surface mining has ...

Retired coal miners visit lawmakers in Washington demanding action to preserve pensions
WBKO
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Dozens of retired coal miners visited lawmakers in Washington to call for legislative action to preserve the pensions of about ...

COAL MINERS CALLING FOR ACTION TO PRESERVE PENSIONS
WCLU
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Dozens of retired coal miners visited lawmakers in Washington to call for legislative action to preserve the pensions of about ...

Miners put pressure on McConnell over pensions
E&E News
... returned to Capitol Hill yesterday, pressuring Congress to rescue a pension plan covering more than 100,000 members of coal miners' families.

Coal's US slide to continue as renewables, gas fill the gap
Minneapolis Star Tribune
"This decline is relentless," said Seth Feaster, who tracks the coal industry for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis

Wyoming governor: Coal state can lead with climate solutions
WRAL.com
Weakened demand due to competition from natural gas and renewable energy has taken a toll on Wyoming's coal industry. Gordon says he ...

Gordon optimistic on future of coal
Gillette News Record
Wyoming has a bright future ahead of it with the strides it has made in technology and education, but nothing may be brighter than its coal industry, ...

Britain celebrates first week without coal power since 1882
Inhabitat
Due to rising prices, the coal industry is no longer a lucrative competitor to renewable energy. High international prices have led to investment and ...

50 US coal power plants shut under Trump
Daily Mail
Coal is on course to provide only 25 percent of the US energy mix by the summer of 2019 (against 35 percent in 2015), while natural gas will account ...

Consol to develop met coal mine in W.Va.
Kallanish Energy
Consol Energy announced Wednesday it's developing a new low-volume metallurgical coal mining operation in West Virginia's Wyoming County, ...

Arizona benefits from diverse energy mix – including coal, nuclear
Arizona Capitol Times
Overall, nuclear power, coal, and natural gas still carry the major load, though, contributing a combined 88 percent of Arizona's utility-scale electricity ...

Senators Capito, Manchin push for passage of American Miners Act
WVVA TV
The American Miners Act, also known as Senate Bill 27, would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 so some funds could ...

The Land Where Coal Remains King
BloombergQuint
(Bloomberg) -- For Ann Taylor, the idea that Australia's colossal coal industry should be tamed is risible. You are using a private or incognito browser ...