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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As a 48-hour strike by railway signal workers ends, signs are showing of a possible breakthrough.
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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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Excavations for the Channel Tunnel rail link show scientists a glimpse of climate change 55 million years ago.
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A miner survived is examined at a hospital in Fushun, city of northeast China&#39;s Liangning Province, Oct. 30, 2004. A sudden poisonous gas gushed at an operation platform of the Xilutian Mine of Fushun Coal Industry Corp.
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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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Like the big oil companies, the world&#39;s mining majors are experiencing an embarrassment of riches due to very high commodity prices. BHP Billiton is in the happiest position: it is both the world&#39;s biggest miner and has a substantial oil production ...
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A new super-efficient light bulb could spell the end of regular ones, Glasgow scientists claim.
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Northern England was once known for the gritty factories, shipyards and coal mines that drove its economy, then for their wrenching departure and the despair and unemployment that followed.
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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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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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President Pervez Musharraf declared he could see light at the end of the tunnel after proposing bold reforms to break Pakistan's deadlock with India over Kashmir, but analysts caution the journey is still painfully long.
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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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A local authority on Thursday approved plans to build Britain's first coal-fired power station in 24 years, sparking criticism from environmental campaigners and calls for the government to block the move.
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China's snow-stricken railways  were creaking back into action on Friday, but with power cuts  still crippling swathes of the country, President Hu Jintao  visited a coal mine and urged workers to boost production.
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Wales' last deep mine, Tower Colliery, is set to close with a march of celebration.
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Miners at the site of Sunday&#39;s coal mine blast in northwest China were forced to continue working after a fire broke out last week, reports said Tuesday.