After seven months of burning North Dakota-mined lignite coal, UND's steam plant is switching back to sub-bituminous coal from Montana and Wyoming to heat its campus. That decision was made after ash ...

Aug 15 - Coal is used to produce 40 percent of the world's electricty, most of its steel and the cement in its buildings and shows no sign of losing popularity. It is made of old organic matter which ...

Coal is not generally thought of as a clean fuel source, but it might yet have a role to play in the push for greener energy. Researchers say that it could be a great material in which to store ...

Coal is considered to be one of the most important fossil fuels. The global stone coal output in 2018 was approximately 7 billion metric tons. 1 China, USA, Russia and India mine a huge amount of the ...

Following the purchase of two mature assets, Australian miner Whitehaven Coal has added metallurgical coal production on top of its traditional thermal coal mining activities. The purchase has also ...