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  2. Coal mining - Wikipedia

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    Coal mining. Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production.

  3. Coal mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Coal mining is an industry in transition in the United States. Production in 2019 was down 40% from the peak production of 1,171.8 million short tons (1,063 million metric tons) in 2008. Employment of 43,000 coal miners is down from a peak of 883,000 in 1923. [ 1 ] Generation of electricity is the largest user of coal, being used to produce 50% ...

  4. History of coal mining - Wikipedia

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    The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years, with early mines documented in ancient China, the Roman Empire and other early historical economies. It became important in the Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th centuries, when it was primarily used to power steam engines, heat buildings and generate electricity.

  5. List of coal mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The following table lists the coal mines in the United States that produced at least 4,000,000 short tons of coal.. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), there were 853 coal mines in the U.S. in 2015, producing a total of 896,941,000 short tons of coal.

  6. History of coal mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of coal mining in the United States starts with the first commercial use in 1701, within the Manakin-Sabot area of Richmond, Virginia. [1] Coal was the dominant power source in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and although in rapid decline it remains a significant source of energy in 2024.

  7. Glossary of coal mining terminology - Wikipedia

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    A sough is a drainage tunnel to take water from coal mines without the need to pump it to the surface. [1] An example is the Great Haigh Sough. Spoil tip. Gin Pit Colliery 's old spoil tip or rucks. A spoil tip is a pile built of accumulated spoil - the overburden or other waste rock removed during coal and ore mining.

  8. Singareni Collieries Company - Wikipedia

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    The Singareni Collieries Company Limited or SCCL is a government-owned-coal mining corporation in India. It is under the ownership of Department of Energy, Government of Telangana. The Union Government's administration of the company is through the 49% ownership held by Ministry of Coal. SCCL is currently operating 40 mines where 18 opencast ...

  9. Arch Resources - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.archrsc.com. Arch Resources, previously known as Arch Coal, is an American coal mining and processing company. The company mines, processes, and markets bituminous and sub-bituminous coal with low sulfur content in the United States. Arch Resources is the second-largest supplier of coal in the United States, behind Peabody Energy.

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