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Trapped Miners Ate Coal, Drank Urine  -  28 Aug 2007
Forbes,By ANITA CHANG 08.28.07, 3:54 PM ET The Meng brothers felt pretty good about their chances of making it out of the collapsed coal mine, until the sound of

Ahead, probe of Utah mine cave-in  -  28 Aug 2007
Christian Science Monitor,By Faye Bowers | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Phoenix - As the three-week search for six men missing in a Utah coal mine enters a

International Coal Group, Inc. Announces Exercise of Over ...  -  28 Aug 2007
CNNMoney.com28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Coal Group, Inc. announced today the closing of its private placement of an additional $30.0 million aggregate

Miners head to Illinois, Ohio after safety concerns close Utah ...  -  28 Aug 2007
Salt Lake Tribune,...(Paul Fraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune) Updated 1:42 PM- PRICE - Hugs, handshakes and tears were in abundance here early today as a band of coal miners,

UPDATE 1-S.Africa gold, coal firms to sign wage deals Thurs  -  28 Aug 2007
Reuters.uk,JOHANNESBURG, Aug 28 (Reuters) - South Africa's major gold and coal producers will sign wage agreements with trade unions on Thursday after workers formally

Coal Country children to sing as "Voices of a Thousand Angels ...  -  28 Aug 2007
Salt Lake Tribune,More than 600 Utah Coal Country children from kindergarten through college showed up for practice last night, she said. They will sing praise and worship

China shares hit fresh record, close higher on metals, coal miners  -  28 Aug 2007
International Herald Tribune,AP SHANGHAI, China: Chinese stocks saw their seventh straight record close Tuesday, as gains in metal companies and coal miners outweighed losses for big

Crews Working to Get Camera Inside Mine  -  28 Aug 2007
Forbes,By PAUL FOY 08.28.07, 5:45 PM ET Crews tried to lower a robotic camera into a Utah mountain Tuesday and drilled yet another hole into the coal mine where

Public hearing on proposed coal gassification plant tomorrow  -  28 Aug 2007
WLFI.com,AP - August 28, 2007 5:54 PM ET 'INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Duke Energy's proposed coal gasification plant in southwest Indiana will get a public hearing tomorrow.

Closing coal power plants supported; All ontario parties agree ...  -  28 Aug 2007
Sarnia Observer,All of Ontario's major political parties support closing the province's four coal-fired power plants, a new survey shows. And three of the four have come up

China coal supply to balance in 2H  -  28 Aug 2007
Purchasing.com,China’s voracious appetite for coal should be met by its own domestic supply in the second half of 2007, as demand slows slightly and coal miners in China

Beyond Zero Emissions releases clean coal 'Retort' - Burning ...  -  28 Aug 2007
Beyond Zero Emissions (press release),..."The evidence is mounting internationally that so called 'clean coal' will never be achieved as an economical alternative to Renewable Energy", said Matthew

IFC invests in cleaner fuel technology in China  -  28 Aug 2007
ReutersThere are potentially huge stores of methane, which produces fewer carbon emissions than coal or oil and pollutes less, beneath China's coal beds.

China's coal prices to rise in 2008 - Ministry of Land and Resources  -  28 Aug 2007
ABCmoney.co.uk,By : Agencies BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Chinese coal prices are expected to rise next year as a result of supply pressures, the Ministry of Land and Resources

Focus resources on making coal work  -  28 Aug 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,Instead of complaining about the building of a 600-megawatt coal-fired electric plant in Marshalltown, why not try proposing some alternative solutions

A coal miner's granddaughter  -  28 Aug 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,By Judith Egerton The recent Utah mine disaster and Kentucky's history of lives lost in coal mines make the season opener at Actors Theatre of Louisville a

Slavery continues in Brazil's Amazon coal bunkers  -  28 Aug 2007
Indian Muslims,The worst working conditions were found in Para, northwest Brazil, the Citizen Coal Institute (ICC) said, adding that inhuman working conditions were also

Big Coal's Unregulated Plunder  -  28 Aug 2007
RealClearPolitics,When you burn coal for electricity, you fill the air with acid-rain chemicals and asthma-inducing fine particles -- that is, unless you install scrubbing

28-08-2007: Datang announces US$2b coal chemical project  -  28 Aug 2007
The Edge Daily,HONG KONG: Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd said it plans to take a controlling stake in a 16.2 billion renminbi (RM7.5 billion) coal chemical

Debate weighs views on coal, oil  -  28 Aug 2007
Charleston Gazette,...“The brothers beefed long about this coal-and-oil thing all wrapped up in the Iraq war. And how you people slip and slide about it.

Essar to set up Jamnagar power plant at Rs 4800 cr  -  28 Aug 2007
Economic Times,...“The company will import a 3.5 million tonne coal annually from Indonesia. We have already initiated talks with two Indonesian companies and the deal will

Duke Energy coal plant on trial Wednesday  -  28 Aug 2007
Indiana Daily StudentDuke Energy Indiana is seeking approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to build a new coal plant in Indiana. Citizens interested in being

Controlling stake in coal chemical project to be taken up by Datang  -  28 Aug 2007
Polymerupdate.com (subscription),International Power Generation Co Ltd for taking a controlling stake in a 16.2 billion yuan (USD 2.14 billion) coal chemical project in Inner Mongolia.

Media’s Favorite Coal Expert Actually Anti-Coal Industry  -  28 Aug 2007
NewsBustersBut if you’re a viewer, you might not know Jeff Goodell is predisposed for a variety of reasons against the coal industry. Goodell is opposed to coal as an

Coal ships improve loading to reduce port queues  -  28 Aug 2007
ABC Regional Online,Faced with the prospect of being turned away from the port of Newcastle, several ship owners have agreed to modify the coal loading performance of their

Laid-off coal miner chooses to stay put  -  28 Aug 2007
Deseret News,A concern about the residual effects was echoed by Huntington City councilman Bob Mills, who works for a trucking company that hauls coal.

Rescue continues for 181 trapped miners  -  28 Aug 2007
China Daily,XINTAI - Rescue workers continue their operations to reach 181 miners trapped inside two coal mine shafts since 11 days ago, while efforts are made to

Coal Plant Given Go-Ahead  -  Aug 27, 2007
Forbes,...s coal-fired power plant in southern Illinois, deferring to regulators in excluding a redesign to address air quality concerns. A coalition of environmental

Coal Company Faces Environmental Lawsuit  -  Aug 27, 2007
Forbes,The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and Coal River Mountain Watch successfully petitioned to join the case in

Richmond: man's body found in coal railcar  -  Aug 27, 2007
Houston Chronicle,2007 AP RICHMOND, Texas — Crews today discovered a body in a railcar as they dumped a load of coal at a power plant in Richmond.

How winds of change could be an alternative to coal  -  Aug 27, 2007
Times Online,To meet its electricity generation target of 400000MW by 2030 it will rely not on renewable energy but on large-scale coal-fired power plants, which are the

Seismologist made first 911 call after mine collapse  -  Aug 27, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune,..."Just from the general character of the seismic event, it looks like it might be a coal-mining event," Walter Arabasz, the director of the University of

EPA Makes Additional Coal Combustion Waste Data Available  -  Aug 27, 2007
NewsBlaze,EPA is seeking public comment on additional information on the disposal of coal combustion waste. In May 2000, EPA issued a Regulatory Determination on

To clean coal, start-up GreatPoint makes gas  -  Aug 27, 2007
CNET News.com,Reviving 1970s-era technology, an ambitious company says it can turn dirty coal into cleaner natural gas. By Martin LaMonica A group of environmentally

Powering up on coal  -  Aug 27, 2007
Sofia Echo,Bulgaria’s coal power sector is undergoing renewal and expansion, filling a gap left by the closure of two nuclear reactors. While older stations are being

My View: Grant Smith Don't buy industry's 'coal-is-cheap' mantra  -  Aug 26, 2007
Indianapolis Star,Last winter, Indiana legislators were told the coal gasification plant proposed by Duke Energy at Edwardsport is an "enormously expensive proposition.

A Rich Vein of Pricing Power for Coal  -  Aug 26, 2007
Barron's (subscription)By ASSIF SHAMEEN WHILE AMERICANS WERE TRANSFIXED BY thwarted efforts to rescue six trapped coal miners in Utah in August, 180 were reported dead or missing

Media's Favorite Coal Expert Picks at Industry  -  Aug 27, 2007
Business Media Institute,By Jeff Poor Goodell is consistently cited as a coal expert by the media, although he has no formal expertise or academic credentials in the coal business.

New rescue bid to save trapped coal miners  -  Aug 27, 2007
Gulf Times,China, the world’s largest coal producer, had 4746 coal-mine fatalities last year, Xinhua News Agency reported. The decision to drill a seventh hole was

UW Professor on National Coal Study Committee  -  Aug 27, 2007
University of Wyoming News,The NCEP’s study specifically looks at potential issues if annual coal use increases in the next 30 years by 50 percent from 1.2 to 1.8 billion tons per

Officials could halt search for 6 trapped Utah coal miners after ...  -  Aug 26, 2007
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription),By CHELSEA J. CARTER and JENNIFER DOBNER, AP After three weeks of drilling and digging toward six men trapped inside a coal mine, federal officials and mine

Coal-Fired Pizza and Stone Ovens are the new trend  -  Aug 27, 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com,There's been a lot of hype lately about coal-fired pizza ovens. From Anthony's with a number of outlets to Vic & Angelo's Enoteca in Palm Beach Gardens

Biggest mine workers union accepts wage offer from SA coal producers  -  Aug 27, 2007
Mining Weekly,These mines were owned by Springlake and Kangra Coal. Smaller union solidarity had earlier agreed to the employers’ offer, after a three day strike.

Coal surge still comes up short because of dredging crisis  -  Aug 27, 2007
BusinessNorth.com,CLEVELAND—Even though coal shipments on the Great Lakes increased 18.5 percent in July compared to a year ago, the dredging crisis effectively trimmed

Body Found In Load Of Coal  -  Aug 27, 2007
Click 2 Houston.com,THOMPSONS, Texas -- A man's body was found in a load of coal in Fort Bend County on Monday, KPRC Local 2 reported. Investigators said the load of coal was

Bozeman Considers Coal Power, Contrversy Continues in Montana  -  Aug 27, 2007
New West,But, amidst questions over the the greenhouse gas impact of ECP’s plan for the new coal-fired Highwood Generating Station, Mayor John Engen has withdrawn

Local Coal Mines Face Numerous Citations  -  Aug 27, 2007
WTOV9.com,Bob Murray, the owner of the mine in Huntington, Utah, where six miners have been trapped for three weeks, owns several mines in the Ohio valley.

Sen. Reid Opposes Coal-Fired Power Plants In Nevada  -  Aug 27, 2007
Associated Construction Publications,...said recently that he'll do "everything I can" to stop construction of three major coal-fired power plants in his home state and will push for more

Iloilo City solon favors coal-fired power plant  -  Aug 26, 2007
News Today Online,Raul Gonzalez Jr. is amenable to the idea of having a coal-fired power plant in Iloilo City provided it has a modern technology and will cause no harm in

Coal City school scores revealed  -  Aug 27, 2007
Joliet Herald News,By John Rezanka SPECIAL TO THE HERALD NEWS COAL CITY -- While test scores in the Coal City School District improved in almost all categories for the 2006-07




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