Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and population.

ECKLEY – Van Wagner strummed his guitar and began singing the story of a miner who trespassed on company land to dig bootleg coal during the Great Depression. “When your family gets hungry enough, you ...

FRANKFURT, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Germany's hard coal importers want the Berlin government to prolong the operation of hard coal-to-power generation plants enlisted in last year's energy crisis beyond the ...

Ohio coal miner Robert E. Murray, 72, is still wearing oversize steel-toe boots and a shirt that reads BOB over his heart when he mispronounces President Obama’s name for the third time. Coming from ...

Coal has been a driver of Washington County’s economy since its discovery here in the early 1800s, with commercial mining operations first starting in the 1820s in the community of Coal Center. The ...

FRANKFURT, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Germany's hard coal imports could rise to 35-36 million tonnes in 2021, coal importers group VDKi said on Monday, adding that the final import figures could be affected by ...

That, combined with the current federal administration’s receptiveness to coal as an energy source, creates the opportunity Armstrong urged North Dakota’s coal industry to seize.

FRANKFURT, Jan 17 (Reuters) - German importers of coal for power generation, heating and steelmaking have found new suppliers in the United States and Australia, enabling them to end their reliance on ...

Location Limpopo, South Africa. Project Owner/s MC Mining has 67.3% interest in the Makhado project through its subsidiary ...

Western sanctions and difficulties with exports to Asia have triggered a serious crisis in Russia's coal industry. Source: Ilya Seredyuk, Governor of Kemerovo Oblast, at a parliamentary meeting; The ...