October 5, 2011 Apprentices ditch training for highly paid mine jobs The WA Government has urged apprentices to stick with their training after new figures indicating four out of ten drop out. At some major training providers up to half of…
October 4, 2011 EU agrees, Kosovo needs coal power Aleksandra Tomczak, writing for the World Coal Association, says the European Commission is supporting World Bank funding for a new coal-powered plant in Kosovo.
October 4, 2011 Coals to Newcastle for the first time in half a century The Independent reports the first coal to be mined in Newcastle upon Tyne for more than 50 years could be dug on the site of a 21st century science park…
October 4, 2011 Amid the gloom, coal-fired power plant construction continues Despite the gloomy talk over coal unit retirements, not all power capacity coming online involves natural gas or renewables.
October 3, 2011 Wesfarmers slashes coal price but experts see no reason to panic The price of coking coal is likely to remain buoyant despite a recent price cut by Wesfarmers and softening Chinese demand for steelmaking inputs. Wesfarmers, an Australian conglomerate based in…
October 3, 2011 China’s energy-saving campaign saves 150 million tons of coal A national energy-saving campaign involving over 1,000 companies managed to save equivalent to 150 million tons of coal from 2006 to 2010, China's top economic planner said Sunday.
October 3, 2011 Fractal Characteristics of Coal Pores Based on Classic Geometry and Thermodynamics Models Abstract: To better understand the characteristics of coal pores and their influence on coal reservoirs, coal pores in eight main coalfields of North China were analyzed by mercury porosimetry and…
October 3, 2011 20 feet prehistoric crocodile found in Columbian Coal Mine The remains of a previously-undiscovered prehistoric crocodile measuring 20 feet long has been discovered by U.S. researchers in a Columbian coal mine. The creature, known as Acherontisuchus guajiraensis, is believed…
October 3, 2011 Keystone Industries could hire more workers if the permitting would hurry up: Scholl Tom Scholl, CEO of Keystone Industries, told CNBC that he could put more people to work but the U.S. federal government is standing in the way. Scholl said the states…
October 3, 2011 Coal is an energy drink? The Renewable Energy Accountability Project has developed some hit and miss advocacy ads. The latest attempt at producing a viral video takes aim at coal. Renewable Energy Accountability Project is…
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