Light at end of tunnel for British coal-mining industry
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With lights twinkling brightly from their helmets, a group of miners emerge caked in dust from a deep coal-mine in the village of Cwmgwrach in south Wales.
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By David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Sep. 12--Township supervisors in Robinson, Washington County, last night  unanimously approved construction of a coal-fired power plant, but not before  leveling criticism at officials of the company and state environmental  regulators.
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The rattling lift stops with a screech as a dozen men appear out of the semi-darkness. &quot;If I found another job, I would leave tomorrow,&quot; says Viorel, one of 2,500 miners in Lupeni in southern Romania.
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By Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 12--Flip a switch and the lights come on -- no thinking required. But think about what happens on the other end of that switch. To generate some of the power for that light, it takes a plant burning coal miles away.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- London-listed metals and mining group BHP Billiton (BHP) (UK:BLT) overnight said it&#39;s approved a US $990 million Spence copper project in northern Chile with a designed capacity to produce 200,000 tonnes of copper cathode per annum.
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Scottish Coal calls for UK and Scottish government to back their plans to restart deep mining.
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A once-thriving coal mine in Yorkshire was closing down, leaving just nine deep coal mines in Britain, the pale remains of an industry that once employed a million people.
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International mining company BHP Billiton has ratified its largest ever contract to supply iron ore to China. Under a joint venture deal, signed Tuesday in Western Australia, four Chinese steel mills are taking
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A buoyant energy sector combined with a minor rally on Wall Street helped the FTSE 100 close in positive territory on Thursday.
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A woman breaks down as she waits for a news about her loved one trapped in the Chenjiashan Coalmine in Tongchuan, northwest China&#39;s Shaanxi Province, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004.
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One of the country's few remaining coal mines is to close, the owners say.
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Road cordons around the site of an explosion at a chemicals plant in Gloucestershire are lifted.
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The north-east of England's last deep mine is to close with the loss of 340 jobs.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland - Hopes of saving 15 miners trapped deep underground in a Polish coal mine faded on Wednesday as rising gas levels and flooding forced a temporary break in rescue ...Comment
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The work begins on a Â£30m railway line linking Ebbw Vale and Cardiff for the first time in decades.
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Protesters and negotiators in Bangladesh have agreed a deal over a controversial coal mine project, the BBC learns.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Arch Coal said it completed its $364 million acquisition of Triton Coal Friday, hours after a Federal Court turned down efforts by the Federal Trade Commission to block the deal.