China mine explosion kills 13: Xinhua Reuters via Yahoo! News
A gas explosion in a coal mine in northeastern Heilongjiang province has killed 13 miners in the latest accident to hit the world's deadliest mining industry, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
iPackets Signs an LOI to Establish a Chinese Joint Venture With China Coal Information Institute and Henan YongAn Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance
iPackets International, Inc. (Pinksheets: IPKL), a global developer and provider of wireless and communications solutions for the mine-safety industry, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent to establish a Chinese Joint Venture with China Coal Information Institute and Henan YongAn Investment Guarantee Co
Montana governor announces coal-liquids plant Casper Star-Tribune
Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Monday announced Montana will have one of the nation's first coal-to-liquid fuel facilities, a 1.3 billion project that several companies have agreed to build in the state's midsection.
Montana Gov. Announces Coal Plant Deal AP via Yahoo! Finance
Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Monday announced an agreement with a team of companies to build one of the nation's first coal-to-liquid fuel facilities.
Mont. to Build Coal-To-Liquid Fuel Plant AP via Yahoo! Finance
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Monday announced an agreement with a team of companies to build one of the nation's first coal-to-liquid fuel facilities.
Mont. to Build Coal-To-Liquid Fuel Plant KiplingerForecasts.com
(AP) HELENA, Mont. Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Monday announced an agreement with a team of companies to build one of the nation's first coal-to-liquid fuel facilities.
Mine closings drive down coal output Charleston Daily Mail
BLUEFIELD --A string of recent mine closures has cut at least 14 million tons of production from Eastern coal mines, an executive with Pittsburgh-based Consol Energy said.
Montana Gov. Announces Coal Plant Deal KiplingerForecasts.com
Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Monday announced an agreement with a team of companies to build one of the nation's first coal-to-liquid fuel facilities. DKRW Advanced Fuels will take the primary role as the developer of the Bull Mountain Coal to Liquid plant.
Massey to sell coal reserves for $31 million Richmond Times-Dispatch
Massey Energy Co. reported yesterday an agreement to sell coal reserves in Boone County, W.Va., for $31 million to an unnamed private company. The sale is part of an ongoing effort to divest nonstrategic reserves to benefit shareholders, the company said.
Regional coal production down 14 million tons, executive says Williamsport Sun Gazette
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A string of recent mine closures has cut at least 14 million tons of production from eastern coal mines, an executive with Pittsburgh-based Consol Energy said Thursday.

The Underground Miners Website
Information and pictures of mines located in or around Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Official Page For Abandoned Coal Mine Research
Centralia Pennsylvania Photography - Underground Mine Fires
The coal then began to burn underground. That was in 1962. For the next two decades, workers battled the fire, flushing the mines with water and fly ash,
Australian Coal Association
The majority of the world's coal reserves are recoverable by underground mining. Currently, almost two-thirds of hard coal production worldwide comes from
Underground Coal Mining Southwest Virginia
Pictures of underground coal mine Southwest Virginia.
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Fifty years ago when most coal mining was done manually, underground mines accounted for 96 percent of the coal produced each year. Today, almost 60 percent


Australian Coal Association
The majority of the world's coal reserves are recoverable by underground mining. Currently, almost two-thirds of hard coal production worldwide comes from
Underground Coal Mining Southwest Virginia
Pictures of underground coal mine Southwest Virginia.
mining coal
Fifty years ago when most coal mining was done manually, underground mines accounted for 96 percent of the coal produced each year. Today, almost 60 percent
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The room-and-pillar mining method is used in all of Pennsylvania’s underground bituminous coal mines including longwall mining operations, where it is used
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Federal safety standards 1 for ventilating underground coal mines mandate that “the air in areas where persons work or travel […
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information, photos on underground coal mining operation.
Coal Mining
There are two primary methods of mining coal, surface mining and underground mining. There are over 1000 surface mines and more than 1000 underground mines