Coal mining

Coal is the remains of dead plants heated over 100-400 million years ago. It is a non-renewable resource and considering it takes millions of years to form, we will run out of its finite supply. The coal is brought from below the ground through surface or underground mining. Broadly speaking, there are four types of […] The post Advantages and Disadvantages of Coal appeared first on Tech Quintal.

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Record coal production by the world's largest coal miner CIL, helped India reduce its import bill of the dry fuel by more than Rs 28,000 crore in the last fiscal.

Stories abound of states suffering under the resource curse, yet various nations have managed to beat the odds, and create balanced economies.

Go down in history - 3 feet beneath the surface of the earth in a once abandoned, but now restored hard coal mine. See where and how men and boys worked to heat a nation and fuel the conversion of our nation's economy from agriculture to industry.

The political action committees of coal companies, currently or recently in bankruptcy, have spent more than $800,000 in state and federal campaigns this year, according to the Federal Election Commission. The PACs of the largest three, Alpha Natural Resources, Arch Coal and Peabody Energy, put more than $659,000 into federal races. Those companies and another, Patriot Coal, put more than $165,000 into state races.

Not many of us have a chance to photograph the enthralling landscapes of coal mines. German photographer Tom Hegen did while riding in a gas balloon, and the result is a series of mesmerizing images that look like scenes from another planet. The project is named The Coalmine Series and it shows one of the […]

Anti-mining tensions flare up among Somkhele communities surrounding the mine