quality o Earnings persistence Introduction Whitehaven Coal Limited® (WHC:AX) operates predominantly out of the Gunnedah basin in Eastern Central NSW – the basin being one of the largest underground coal seems in NSW. WHC began as very much a local operation in 1999 but by its initial listing on the ASX in 2007 had grown to be a serious player in the Australian mining scene and by 2009 had become one of the biggest and fastest growing coal miners in Australia with 5 large open cut mines in the
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the coal extraction industry in Walker County‚ Alabama‚ can be a fulfilling occupation. However‚ WebMD warns that coal workers’ pneumoconiosis‚ or CWP‚ is a debilitating and even fatal occupational disease that anyone in that profession should be aware of. Miners who manufacture carbon black and carbon electrodes‚ those who work directly in the mines‚ and those who mill graphite are particularly at risk. A person who is constantly exposed to airborne respirable coal dust may develop a coal macule
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War on Coal “President Obama is responsible entirely for the closure of that mine and the loses of these jobs”‚ Robert Murray CEO of Murray Energy Corporation told CNN after 239 men were laid off because an Ohio mine had closed. The current war on coal is not one of just and fair reasons. Coal has several positive benefits that greatly outweigh the negative environmental effects that some say it causes. The main benefit of coal is the hundreds of thousands it employs annually. However‚ with the
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COAL GRADING IN INDIA: The gradation of non-coking coal is based on Useful Heat Value (UHV)‚ the gradation of coking coal is based on ash content and for semi coking / weakly coking coal it is based on ash plus moisture content ‚ as in vogue as per notification. Grades of Coking Coal Grade Ash Content Steel Grade –I Not exceeding 15% Steel Grade -II Exceeding 15% but not exceeding 18% Washery Grade -I Exceeding 18% but not exceeding 21% Washery Grade -II Exceeding
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been relying on coal as an energy source for hundreds of years. Coal may be an inexpensive source of energy‚ but comes at the price of harming the environment. Critics of this industry say we should total abandon the use of coal because of its negative impacts and supports say that its economic impacts outweigh its environmental impacts. A solution to this issue is to find the common ground between these two sides and still use coal as an energy source‚ but put regulations on coal mining and burning
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India’s Energy Scenario & Coal India is currently among the top three fastest growing economies of the world. As natural corollary India ’s energy needs too are fast expanding with its increased industrialization and capacity addition in Power generation. This is where ’Coal ’ steps in. In India coal is the critical input for major infrastructure industries like Power‚ Steel and Cement. Coal is the most dominant energy source in India ’s energy scenario. Coal meets around 52% of primary commercial
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Advantages of Coal Fired Power Plant By: Earl Christopher Reyes We Students had an opportunity to learn about the functions‚ the misconceptions and the advantages of having a Coal-Fired Power Plant as the source of our daily need of electricity. We had conducted a symposium with the representatives of the company (Panay Electric Company Inc.) last Thursday‚ October 19‚2011. And now we know the answers behind every inquisitions of the people of Panay region‚ and that is‚ “Is coal really the
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Batangueños vs planned coal-fired power plant Amen (or the Archdiocesan Ministry on Environment) is not saying amen to the 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant (CFPP) that JG Summit Corp. plans to build in Barangay Pinamucan Ibaba in Batangas City. Amen and the No to Coal-Fired Power Plant Coalition are leading the citizens’ protest. Coal is among the dirtiest sources of energy. The furor over the proposed CFPP in Palawan has not drowned out the Batangueños’ own protest against a similar threat to
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Feasibility of fire-powered Coal Mining in Negros Nowadays‚ fire-powered coal mining here in Negros is not so feasible because of lot of people complaining with regards the harmful effects to human life and in our environment. We have known coal mining in Calatrava but unfortunately the operation is being suspended since it was raid by the NPA last June 2008. The resumption of the operation is not yet known until now. Another thing is‚ many of the activists are calling for help to stop mine operation
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Almost everyone today uses coal in their everyday life‚ whether you know it or not. Coal has become such an important resource is today’s society‚ that if all of the coal was too disappear we probably wouldn’t have a great chance of surviving for very long. But in saying that we are also killing our environment by using it so much. Coal has its advantages and disadvantages‚ which is why using coal is a touchy subject. As much as we know that we use coal‚ not many people know how it was formed‚ how
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