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Inner Mongolia's Ordos has 156 coal mines back in production
sxcoal.com
Three more coal mines in Ordos, a coal city in northern China's Inner Mongolia, resumed production o...

China province to close 10 mln tonnes of coal capacity in 2020
China.org.cn
In recent years, the coal-rich province has been promoting the transformation and upgrading of its coal industry by closing small and outdated mines ...

Ukraine produced over 2.55 mln tonnes of coal in February
MENAFN.COM
The Coal Miners Union of Ukraine reported this with a reference to the data provided by the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. "In February 2020, coal ...

Coal mining industry booming in Alabama
WVTM13
The coal mining industry is booming in Alabama and it's not showing signs of slowing down anytime soon. Advertisement. Alabama State Senator ...

Union urges global fight against dust diseases in coal mining
www.miningmonthly.com
THE fight against the harmful health effects of dust in coal mines – including black lung – should go global if standards are to be maintained across the ...

Virginia Pushes to Save Country's 'Cleanest' Coal Plant
Manufacturing.net
... an economy built on coal mining but isn't there yet. “Pulling the rug out from under us and closing down the cleanest coal plant — the cleanest plant ...

Coal India share price rises 4% on February coal output
Business Today
Govt opens up coal mining sector; Coal India's monopoly to end. The large cap stock opened 2.29% higher at Rs 172.10. However, the stock has ...

Michigan explores importing more electricity as coal plants close
Energy News Network
Michigan officials are seeking more information about the potential to import more electricity to the Lower Peninsula to help maintain reliability as coal ...

US Gov't downplays effects of coal mining on public lands
MINING.com
The resumption of coal mining on public lands in the United States will result in a negligible increase in greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump ...

South Africa's Sasol to keep coal mining business - CEO
Reuters Africa
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 24 (Reuters) - South African petrochemicals group Sasol is keeping its coal mining business, Chief Executive Fleetwood ...

Prospective coal block bidders seek bundled approvals
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
KOLKATA (miningweekly.com) – Large Indian coal-consuming companies planning to enter commercial coal mining have asked the government to ...

US regulator moves to block deal by St. Louis-based coal giants
Chattanooga Times Free Press
A U.S. government agency is pushing to block a proposed joint venture of Peabody Energy and Arch Coal, arguing that the partnership between the ...

Will US Coal Power Plant Retirements Slow Down?
Forbes
In short, the domestic coal industry would be quite content with a flatlining of the industry, a “stabilization” as is being termed. Looking forward, coal ...

Seaborne coal prices spike not expected to last long – report
MINING.com
In a recent report, the credit rating agency said that the price spike -which benefits Indonesian coal miners with high export exposure to China- is ...

New Alabama mammoth mine project long in the making
al.com
Warrior Met Coal could spend up to $600 million on a new underground coal mining facility in northern Tuscaloosa County over the next five years, ...

Navajo company, US, reach Tennessee mine site immunity deal
Raleigh News & Observer
NTEC's limited waiver of sovereign immunity agreement with the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement would allow the federal ...