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Anthracite mined in Northeast Pennsylvania has the highest grade of carbon in the world and is a different product than what politicians refer to when they call for “No More Coal,” a local ...

An industry trade association is calling on Pres. Trump to enact tariffs on imported anthracite coal, a spokeperson announced Wednesday. “The anthracite industry requests the imposition of a ...

Anthracite Coal Mining Market Key Companies Mentioned in report are Bathurst Resources, Cokal Ltd, Attila resources, Carabella Resources Ltd, TIGERS REALM COAL LIMITED, Jameson Resources, Aspire ...

An increase in the need for electricity is anticipated to drive coal consumption in the power sector, which is expected to fuel expansion of global mined anthracite coal marketWilmington, Delaware ...

Anthracite coal – once used to power locomotives and generate electricity – is now used to strengthen steel and purify water, he said.

Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and ...

The strike of the miners in the anthracite coal fields in Pennsylvania, called because the wage contract with the Union had expired on Aug. 31 and no new contract could be agreed upon, continued ...

The permanent full-time employees’ salaries range from $86,189 to $107,345 annually, and are dependent on an exam based on the Anthracite Coal Mine Act No. 346.

In the mid-1700s, the earliest area anthracite mines offered secure employment for local residents. Nearly 250 years later, regional mines still provide jobs. The Department of Environmental ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Anthracite Coal Centennial ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 97 No. 26 (December 1907), p. 471 doi:10.1038 ...