We draw on research carried out as part of an arts and humanities-based project in South Wales (UK), a region once dominated by coal extraction. We present and discuss material from sixteen oral histories recor
mining 015000* -- coal, lignite, & peat-- economic, industrial, & business aspectsA specialist on the energy industries of the former USSR assesses trends in the production of coal during 1992 and thereafter, and surveys prospects for performance based on developments through June of 1993. ...
On April 10, 1861, two days before the Confederacy opened fire on Fort Sumter, Ambrose W. Thompson met with Lincoln to gain support for a coal mining project in the Chiriqui region of the Granadian Confederation (now Panama near the border with Costa Rica). Thompson headed a corporation tha...
Years of efforts to prioritize environmental friendly development are paying off in Luexia Village in Pingxiang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, as locals' income has increased thanks to rapid tourism development. Luexia Village used to be a coal mining village with polluted...
On the morning of October 12, Jining Mining Industry Group Former Chairman Wang Yanlun and his entourage visited China Coal Group. China Coal Group Chairman Qu Qing, General Manager Han Yong, Group Executive Deputy General Manager Fan Peigong and other leaders accompanied the reception. The ...
Surface regeneration of coal tips:15 years of mine rehabilitation in a former coal mining region in Southwest GermanyThis paper presents observations centered on an EU project dealing with coal spoil re-vegetation,emphasizing the use of sewage sludge mixed with wastes from other industries to form ...
CoalminingEconomicrevivalThe elements that influence the social acceptance of subsurface resource exploitation are analysed for a project engaged in unconventional gas production in Lorraine, a former mining area of France which now has strong unemployment. Champions of this project portray it as an ...
I propose, in conclusion, that an acknowledgement of such resistant aspiration might help understand the widespread 'school disaffection' of working class youngsters not only in these former coal-mining communities but also in other post-industrial settings – nationally and internationally – that are...
While Germany has a long tradition of post-mining restoration, concepts of green infrastructure are still poorly developed. China, on the other hand, has taken its first steps in the restoration of coal regions, and could profit from the new concepts while drawing on Germany's experience. The...
Former Coal Mining Companies Lose AppealWASHINGTON (AP) -- Two companies formerly involved in coal mining lost a Supreme Court appeal Monday that contended they should not have to pay lifetime health care benefits for retired miners and their families.U.S. Newspapers...