After traversing the major coal deposits in the country, from Aguwatashi in Nasarawa to Enyeama and Oji in Enugu State, Maiganga in Gombe and Okaba in Kogi — and a visit to Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida( ...

A group of women under the New Recada umbrella transforming solid waste into eco-friendly smokeless charcoal briquettes to mitigate the effects of climate change. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] A group of ...

The use of "smoky coal" for household cooking and heating is associated with a substantial increase in the lifetime risk of developing lung cancer, finds a study from China. The use of "smoky coal" ...

IT has been accepted in the past that coals are effectively smokeless when they contain less than 20 per cent of volatile matter. Thus the approved smokeless fuels include low-volatile steam coals ...

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THE Coal Measures of Great Britain, for all the depression in the coal industry, are still a great national asset. The article on "Oil from Coal" on p. 812 of this issue brings up once again the ...

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