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Coal mining is the
process of
extracting coal from the
ground or from a mine.
Coal is
valued for its
energy content and
since the 1880s has been widely...
- The West
Kentucky Coal Field comprises an area in the west-central and
northwestern part of the state,
bounded by the
Dripping Springs Escarpment and the...
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Jharia coalfield is a
large coal field located in the east of
India in Jharia, Dhanbad,Jharkhand.
Jharia represents the
largest coal reserves in
India having...
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Coal is a
combustible black or brownish-black
sedimentary rock,
formed as rock
strata called coal seams.
Coal is
mostly carbon with
variable amounts of...
- have made the
distinction between the
North Anthracite Coal Field and the
South Anthracite Coal Field, the
lower region bearing the
further classification...
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economy is
heavily dependent on the
local coal fields, used to make coke. However,
fires in the
coal fields have made the city
heavily polluted, with...
- The
coal allocation scam,
dubbed in the
media as Coalgate, is a
major political scandal concerning the
Indian government's
allocation of the nation's coal...
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Coal in
India has been
mined since 1774, and
India is the
second largest producer and
consumer of
coal after China,
mining 777.31 million
metric tons (856...
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vapour (H2O)—from
coal and water, air and/or oxygen. Historically,
coal was
gasified to
produce coal gas, also
known as "town gas".
Coal gas is combustible...
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article in The New York
Times identified six
counties in the
Kentucky Coal Field as
among the "hardest
places to live in the
United States." The lowest-ranking...