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Consol agrees to $5.5mn federal fine for WV coal mines pollution

Mineweb | March 15, 2011 | 5:37 pm Energy Coal 

U.S. coal miner Consol Energy has agreed to a hefty $5.5 million fine and $200 million in pollution control to reduce mining wastewater pollution in Appalachian streams and rivers.

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