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Manchin, Durbin, Kaine, Brown, Casey, Capito, Warner Introduce Bill To Protect Miners From Covid ...
WVVA TV
... Mine Worker Protection Act which would require the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) ...

Carbon Capture And Storage Market Research Report 2020 By Size, Share, Trends, Analysis and ...
Cole of Duty
A research report on the Carbon Capture And Storage Market offers a detailed analysis of market share, size, trends and growth prospects. The report ...

India liberalises coal mining, mineral sector
Livemint
NEW DELHI: India will further open up commercial coal mining, with revenue share arrangement, to boost the fuel's production in the country, finance ...

Miners keep their fingers crossed on commercial coal mining
THE WEEK
Kolkata, May 17 (PTI) Companies eyeing at commercial coal mining opportunity are not very optimistic but keeping their fingers crossed on the long ...

Coal industry will never recover after coronavirus pandemic, say experts
The Guardian
The global coal industry will “never recover” from the Covid-19 pandemic, industry observers predict, because the crisis has proved renewable energy ...

Poland ponders combining coal assets in industry shake-up
Reuters Africa
The Ministry of State Assets aims to announce details of a restructuring plan for the coal industry by the end of June. “We are analysing whether (such) ...

Workers, communities fear closing North Dakota's largest coal plant will destroy their way of life
Jamestown Sun
The coal industry keeps small communities viable, she added. Losing that would change the surrounding area drastically, Obenauer said. “I'm proud of ...

For Coal, Not All Is Doom And Gloom
Seeking Alpha
Besides, Trump has also repeatedly pledged to protect coal mining jobs. Even if the man is not entirely successful in reviving the coal industry, his ...

Coal Gasification Market Current Trends, SWOT Analysis, Strategies, Industry Challenges ...
Bandera County Courier
... Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), Shanxi Lanhua Coal Industry Group, Yunan Yuntianhua, Heilongjiang Longmei Mining Holding Group, ...

States, tribe seek to suspend coal sales
Lewiston Morning Tribune
BILLINGS, Mont. — A coalition of U.S. states, environmentalists and an American Indian tribe asked a federal judge to revive a moratorium on coal ...

Commercial mining of coal on revenue share basis: Finance minister
Times of India (press release) (blog)
This is being done to reduce import of substitutable coal and increase self-reliance in coal production. Also, the government will invest Rs 50,000 crore ...

State weighs contentious Ramaco coal mine permit, again
Laramie Boomerang
Ramaco Resources proposes to build a new surface coal mine along the Tongue River northwest of Sheridan. Some neighboring landowners say they' ...

Chinese coal sector strong despite closure of 500 mines last year
Big News Network (press release) (blog)
BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- China's coal indust

China's coal output up 1.3 pct in Jan.-April
Xinhua
BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Output of raw coal in China rose 1.3 percent year on year to 1.15 billion tonnes in the first four months this year, official ...

Groups sue over Western Colorado coal mine's air emissions
KRDO
(AP) - Conservation groups have filed a federal lawsuit against Arch Coal over methane and other toxic air emissions at the company's West Elk Mine 

Redhawk to terminate 182 miners in Floyd
Appalachian News-Express
The coal company, citing "unforeseen business circumstances" caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, reported that it plans to idle its Spurlock Complex, ...

Eskom hoping to delay closure of three oldest coal-fired power plants
Mining MX
ESKOM plans to delay the closure of three of its oldest coal-fired power plants in order to maintain generation capacity, said Bloomberg News.

Thermal coal spot price tumbles 25 per cent, putting pressure on some producers
ABC Technology and Games
"They're literally running for the door, they've thrown the thermal coal industry under the bus." Westpac has followed the Commonwealth Bank's lead in ...

China's coal consumption in steel industry up 1.5 percent in Q1
SteelOrbis
... as announced by the China Coal Industry Association (CCIA) in its Annual Report on the Development of the Coal Industry in 2019. In particular, the ...

Suitability Of West Virginia Coals To Coal-conversion Processes
Managed DNS Services
coal to liquids process to be utilized in Mason County mixes West Virginia Company to Turn Natural Plant to convert coal to liquid fuel planned for Mason ...

States, Tribe Seek to Suspend Coal Sales on US Lands
Flathead Beacon
A moratorium on coal sales from federal lands was imposed under former President Barack Obama then dropped by the Trump administration. By ...