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Coal Mining Research at Illinois for Coal Future
John Mead, director of the Coal Research Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, said the FutureGen project is an important step in the future of coal.
Mead called the plan “a real-world demonstration” of state-of-the-art technologies.
“If successful, it will show that coal can be used without negative environmental consequences,” h said.Mead said controlling carbon dioxide emissions [...]
Armstrong to reopen Big Run coal mine
A coal company is planning to reopen a mine in Western Kentucky next year, creating about 900 jobs with starting pay of $19 an hour, officials said.
“We’re excited,” said Dudley Cooper, a consultant to the Ohio County Industrial Authority. “This should mean an influx of people into Ohio County.”
St. Louis-based Armstrong Coal Co. announced Thursday [...]
Another coal project eyed in this area
An international engineering company will study the feasibility of developing a coal gasification project in Henderson or Union counties with the help of a state grant.
The Governor’s Office of Energy Policy last Friday awarded a grant of up to $200,000 to URS Corp., according to a copy of the contract acquired by The Gleaner through [...]
Flying High With Coal-Based Fuel
The announcement of a projected $4 billion coal conversion facility in Wellsville, Ohio, has not interfered with West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin’s efforts to spur development of a similar production plan in the Mountain State.
In 2005, Manchin announced the “Coal Conversion Initiative” and laid out a comprehensive plan to implement coal conversion technology on a [...]
Ohio plant would make fuel from coal
A new industry based on a modern version of an old technology could help the nation’s military and Ohio’s coal business.
Baard Energy LLC of Vancouver, Wash., wants to build a $4 billion facility in Wellsville, about 50 miles south of Youngstown, near the Ohio River that would mix Appalachian coal with wood and other waste [...]
Mining battle marked by peaks and valleys
In the hamlets scattered across the coal fields of southern Appalachia, the news from the courthouse was a breath of fresh air to many: A federal judge had sided with environmentalists fighting to stop a form of destructive strip mining known as mountaintop removal.
Maria Gunnoe, 38, could barely contain her glee. Mountaintop-removal operations are [...]
Mining battle marked by peaks and valleys
In the hamlets scattered across the coal fields of southern Appalachia, the news from the courthouse was a breath of fresh air to many: A federal judge had sided with environmentalists fighting to stop a form of destructive strip mining known as mountaintop removal.
Maria Gunnoe, 38, could barely contain her glee. Mountaintop-removal operations are leveling [...]
