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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377A coal mining car at Lackawanna Coal Mine in Scranton, Pennsylvania Coal miners exiting a winder cage at a mine near Richlands, ia in 1974 Surface coal mining in Wyoming, A coal mine in Frameries, Belgium. 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 used to generate electricity.
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377A carbonaceous fossil fuel, coal has a long history as the key energy source in the transition to industrialization, beginning in 17thcentury Europe. In Canada, the history of commercial coal mining dates back nearly three centuries. Coal provided a critical energy source for early industrialization, generating steam power and coke (, a manufactured, highcarbon derivative of coal that ...
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