Note to readers • This story was originally published by High Country News. In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, couldn’t find ...
Metallurgical coal is burnt with iron ore in blast furnaces, in an integral part of the conventional steelmaking process, which — despite the widespread adoption of coal-free electric arc furnaces — ...
Over the last 30 years evidence has accumulated that miners also experience an excess of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and this has led the British Government to classify chronic ...
“The MCEL is a new sister database that focuses exclusively on metallurgical coal and highlights which companies are planning new mines or extensions,” she said. As the Paris Agreement marks ...