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U.S. mining regulator tightens coal mines safety rules

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 04, 2012 | 1:19 pm Energy Europe Coal 

As families and friends of dead miners mark the second anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia on April 5, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration announced it would issue its final set of rules...

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