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  • Thumbnail for Coal
    Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of...
    139 KB (13,776 words) - 09:38, 28 April 2024
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    Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely...
    77 KB (11,730 words) - 12:02, 28 April 2024
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    Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea...
    251 KB (23,852 words) - 06:41, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coal-fired power station
    coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide there are over 2,400 coal-fired...
    57 KB (5,790 words) - 19:53, 29 April 2024
  • The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years, with early mines documented in ancient China, the Roman Empire and other early historical economies...
    81 KB (10,734 words) - 17:07, 4 April 2024
  • Coal tar is a thick dark liquid which is a by-product of the production of coke and coal gas from coal. It is a type of creosote. It has both medical and...
    35 KB (3,460 words) - 07:38, 23 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for European Coal and Steel Community
    The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was a European organization created after World War II to integrate Europe's coal and steel industries into...
    43 KB (4,563 words) - 08:18, 23 April 2024
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    Coal phase-out is an environmental policy intended to stop burning coal in coal-fired power plants and elsewhere, and is part of fossil fuel phase-out...
    75 KB (8,535 words) - 05:03, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bituminous coal
    Bituminous coal, or black coal, is a type of coal containing a tar-like substance called bitumen or asphalt. Its coloration can be black or sometimes dark...
    36 KB (4,113 words) - 14:40, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Energy in Spain
    consumption in Spain in 2020 was mainly composed of renewable sources. The largest sources are petroleum (42.3%), natural gas (19.8%) and coal (11.6%). The...
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  • Coal mine disasters in the United States)
    accidents each year, especially from underground coal mining, although accidents also occur in hard rock mining. Coal mining is considered much more hazardous...
    82 KB (9,968 words) - 15:38, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coal in South Africa
    As of 2011, South Africa produces in excess of 255 million tonnes of coal and consumes almost three-quarters of that domestically. As of 2018, South Africa...
    18 KB (1,538 words) - 10:16, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coal mining in the Philippines
    Coal mining in the Philippines has a long history dating back to the 1800s during the Spanish colonization of the islands. The Philippines consumes more...
    6 KB (658 words) - 01:26, 21 October 2022
  • coal-mining region. There are large coal deposits in Asturias and León which helped fuel the Industrial Revolution in Spain; these have mostly been exhausted...
    18 KB (1,933 words) - 09:31, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of countries by coal reserves
    specifies different types of coal and includes countries with at least 0.1% share of the estimated world's proven reserves of coal. All data are taken from...
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    A coal ball is a type of concretion, varying in shape from an imperfect sphere to a flat-lying, irregular slab. Coal balls were formed in Carboniferous...
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    Mining Basins (Asturias) (category Coal mines in Spain)
    Mineras in Asturian and Spanish) is the name traditionally given to the historical territory located in the Central Coal Basin (Cuenca Hullera Central in Spanish)...
    21 KB (2,314 words) - 00:40, 15 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coal candy
    Coal candy or Candy coal is a confectionery in the United States, Canada, Spain and Italy associated with the Christmas holiday and the tradition of giving...
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  • Catamutún Invierno In Chile, coal mining is restricted to a few places located in its southern half. Energy originating from coal stands for 11,6% of...
    16 KB (1,445 words) - 10:27, 28 April 2024
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    Coal in Europe is a term describing the use of coal as an energy source in Europe, including both thermal coal used for power generation and coking coal...
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