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WV AG files New Lawsuit Against 3M Over Dust Masks Used in Coal Mines
West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey's office has filed a new lawsuit against 3M Company, claiming 3M violated the state's Consumer Credit and Protection Act through the marketing of one style of its respirator masks to coal miners.
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Mine Safety in Question on Somber Anniversary of West Virginia's Sago Mine Disaster
A dozen West Virginians lost their lives in one of the state’s worst coal mining disasters 20 years ago.
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The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum in Benham, Kentucky
On a gray morning in the Tri-Cities, the old company store at Benham still anchors Main Street. Brick walls rise in neat lines against the slope of Black Mountain, and the wide storefront windows look out on a town that once lived by coal and corporate sc
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Australia: Rescue Mission Continues After Mammoth Roof Collapse
Emergency response teams are working to recover a man after a reported roof collapse at the Mammoth underground coal mine, about 10km north of Blackwater.
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Coronado’s Curragh Mining Suspension Adds to Its Financial Woes
Coal mining across Coronado Global Resources Inc.’s Curragh complex in Australia’s Queensland state was halted after a worker was killed, adding to woes for the company that’s already dealing with slumping prices.
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China’s $18.9B Shenhua Coal Assets Acquisition Transforms Energy Sector
State-owned enterprise reforms across China's energy sector have reached a critical inflection point, driven by fundamental shifts in market dynamics and operational efficiency requirements.
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China’s Coal Will Eat Our AI Lunch: The Electron Gap Is Real
The cavalier closing of coal power plants has profound negative implications for the economic future of the Western World in an accelerating Digital Age.
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History of Longwall Coal Mining Mechanization
What prompted me to write this type of book is based on my involvement with Longwall Coal Mining starting in 1966 as a 15 year old kid working in a mine over 2000 feet deep in the Valleys of Wales.
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