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Exhibition Coal Mine honors female miner with new museum installation
WVVA TV
"I saw several of the men coal miners, in those pictures, I didn't see any representation of women and at that time I thought it was time for me to talk to ...

Kentucky Coal Museum celebrating 50th anniversary of 'Coal Miner's Daughter'
WKYT
HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - The Kentucky Coal Museum is hosting a month-long celebration for Eastern Kentucky's “Coal Miner's Daughter.”.

Weekly Coal Index Report
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
South African coal miners continue to make hay while the China vs. Australia political disputes rage on. Chinese domestic thermal prices hit limits up ...

How a pro-coal Republican became a climate deal-maker
E&E News
"You go to any meeting in West Virginia, go to any high school, any place I talk, I often will ask, how many of you have some connection here with coal ...

ADB declares coal exit in Asia Pacific, but gas remains in play
Mongabay.com
MANILA — As the climate crisis bites, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has unveiled its ambitious plan to scrap funding for coal mining and power ...

Penn State to lead $1.2M DOE critical minerals consortium
Pennsylvania Business Report
... researchers will lead a $1.2 million Department of Energy (DOE) project to find critical minerals in coal mining byproducts in northern Appalachia.

Shutting down nuclear and coal – can Germany maintain supply security on renewables alone?
Clean Energy Wire
He said his company, who is running the transmission grid in Germany's fomer coal mining hot-spot and windy North-East, will run a stable system ...

Ukraine plans to complete coal industry reform by 2030
MENAFN.COM
(MENAFN - UkrinForm)Ukraine plans to complete the coal industry reform by 2030, during which part of the state-owned mines will be transferred to ...

Indonesian utility pledges to stop building coal plants beyond existing pipeline
Climate Home
State-owned electricity company PLN said it will finish building 20GW of planned coal capacity before turning to renewables. A shepherdess watches ...

China's Coal Futures Hit Record as Exchange Tries to Cool Rally With Fee Hike
Bloomberg
Thermal coal futures in China surged to a record high as a severe supply crunch overpowered the exchange's effort to cool down the breakneck price ...

Weekly US coal departures total 40, reach four-week high: cFlow
S&P Global
Houston — Weekly US coal ship departures totaled 40 in the week ended May 8, up two from the previous week and 11 above from the same week a ...

Coal India's offtake increased in April
World Coal
Amid the second wave of COVID-19, Coal India Ltd's (CIL) offtake increased to 54.1 million t in April 2021. Advertisement. Of this, the power sector ...

TVA Files Plan To Study Retirement Of Cumberland Coal Plant
The Chattanoogan
Through the upcoming EIS process, TVA will identify the timeline to retire the plant's two coal units and if any replacement generation is needed. “This is ...