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Once-idled Japanese coal mines back in business

Andrew Topf | April 01, 2012 | 7:48 pm Energy Asia Europe Coal 

Japan has found a silver lining in the cloud of nuclear plant shutdowns following last year's Fukushima disaster. Japan Times Online reports that Hokkaido coal mines are in demand again as utilities grow increasingly dependent on coal-fired power plants: output...

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