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Chinese coal miners discover a 300 million-year-old forest preserved in a layer of ash
Chinese coal miners discovered a botanical Pompeii, a 298 million year old forest well-preserved in ash from a sudden volcanic eruption.
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Concerned Canadian unions say BC government is leaving coal in China’s hands
Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2012
In unveiling Canada’s British Columbia’s job-creation strategy last September, the Premier Christy Clark said the government planed to capitalize on high demand for minerals, especially in Asia, by opening up eight new mines in the next four years and expanding nine more by 2015.
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China Steel to invest in Australian coal project
Mineweb | February 21, 2012Taiwanese steelmaker, China Steel, will pay $104 million to invest in a coal mine in Australia and take rights to 10% of the future output, in a move to counter the impact of higher coal prices.
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Coal Black Santorum and His Wealth
Jack Caldwell | February 21, 2012Here is one way to make money from mining that I have not hitherto thought of: do what Rick Santorum did. It is described in a report at this link thus: Santorum did not register as a lobbyist, but he aided corporate and other interests as a consultant. He was paid $142,500 by Consol Energy, a [...]
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Australian coal booming despite impending carbon tax
Mineweb | February 20, 2012The impending carbon price has done nothing to deter investment in the coal industry, with spending on exploration surging faster than any other mineral commodity.
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Koalas at centre of Queensland coal battle
Andrew Topf | February 19, 2012
Graham “Skroo” Turner, whose $365 million fortune makes him one of Australia’s richest people, is setting up a koala sanctuary in Queensland in a bid to stop a coal mine.
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Coal trumps oilsands as climate change culprit
Andrew Topf | February 19, 2012
Emissions from Canada’s oilsands are unlikely to make a large contribution to global warming compared to the burning of coal, says a leading climate change researcher.
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Greens escalate fight against proposed coal loader
ABC Online | February 19, 2012The Greens step up a campaign against a fourth coal loader in the Port of Newcastle.
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Permits approved for new Usibelli Alaska coal mine
Peninsula Clarion | February 19, 2012State permits have been approved for Usibelli Coal Mine’s planned development of a new pit mine northeast of Healy.
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Coal conversion project: KESC strikes $200m accord with HK-based company
Daily Times | February 19, 2012Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has inked a joint development agreement with the Hong Kong based company, Bright Eagle Enterprises (BEE), for coal conversion project at a cost of $200 million.
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104-car coal train derails in western Colorado
Denver Post | February 19, 2012Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis tells the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel the train was headed from the West Elk Mine in Arco to Kentucky when one of its cars went off the rails just before 6 p.m. Saturday.
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Anglo American reports solid 2011 profits thanks to coal and diamonds
Cecilia Jamasmie | February 17, 2012
London-based giant miner Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) announced today record $13.3-billion 2011 earnings, a 23% increase in underlying earnings a share and a 14% increase in annual operating profits to $11.1 billion.
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Russia Cuts 2011 Coking Coal Exports 21 pct as China Demand Drops
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide | February 16, 2012Russian exports of steelmaking coal declined 21 percent last year to 14.2 million metric tons because of lower demand from China and periodic halts at some Siberian mines.
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Xstrata sells two African coal assets
Cecilia Jamasmie | February 16, 2012
Xstrata, one of the world’s largest thermal coal exporters, announced today that it has completed the sale of two Mpumalanga collieries to black economic-empowered (BEE) group Imbawula, for an unrevealed sum.
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Coal mines could surface again on Cape Breton
Andrew Topf | February 16, 2012
Surface coal mining on Cape Breton Island, on the East Coast of Canada, has been under a moratorium for the last six years, but a report due out next month could revive a dormant industry in what was once an important coal-mining hub.
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China coal mine tramcar accident kills 15, injures 3
Straits Times | February 16, 2012Fifteen miners died and another three were injured after a tramcar derailed in a coal mine in central China, authorities said on Thursday, in the latest accident to hit the nation’s mining sector.
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