Towards a comparative history of coalfield societies.
0754637778 Towards a comparative history of coalfield societies. Ed. by Stefan Berger et al. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2005 287 pages $99.95 Hardcover Studies in labour history HD8039 In reaction...

Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth: Coal, Politics, and Economy in Antebellum America.
Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth: Coal, Politics, and Economy in Antebellum America. By Sean Patrick Adams. Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. (Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, c. 2004. Pp. xvi, 305. $45.00, ISBN 978-0-8018-7968-5.) Sean Patrick Adams's Old...

Good king coal.
IN JUST over two centuries coal has descended from being the lifeblood of the Industrial Revolution to the environmental movement's foremost bugbear. But the world's cheapest and most abundant fossil fuel should not be allowed to come under the guns of carbon taxation without a little representation beforehand. ...

Coalbed methane pipeline starts operation in Jincheng.
The coalbed methane pipeline in the west zone of Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group constructed by CNPC Daqing Oilfield Construction Group was completed on July 24th, half a year ahead of schedule. It is a comprehensive project integrating boosting, transmitting and dispatching. Construction on the project was...

Jinfeng commences production of urea.
Shanxi Jinfeng Coal Chemistry & Technology Company Limited (Shanxi Jinfeng) commenced production of a 300 000 t/a large particle urea unit on July 24th. It is the second-phase of the project in Gaoping site which includes a total capacity of 360 000 t/a ammonia, 520 000 t/a urea and...

Democratic Miners: Work and Labor Relations in the Anthracite Coal Industry, 1875-1925.
Labor unrest in the anthracite coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania was legion and legendary. The draft protests and strikes of miners during the Civil War; the guerrilla warfare of the Molly Maguires in the 1870s; the ongoing organizing drives of the United Mine Workers (UMW) at the turn of the...

Jiangsu Shuangduo to construct new urea unit.
Jiangsu Shuangduo Chemical Company signed a cooperation contract with Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Coal Mining Group Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Fuel Corporation in Funing, Jiangsu province on January 19th. Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Coal Mining Group Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Fuel Corporation become shareholders of Jiangsu Shuangduo Chemical Company. Jiangsu Shuangduo...

Sanning plans to launch DAP project.
Hubei Sanning Chemical Company Limited of Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Coal Mining Group Co., Ltd. signed an investment agreement with Yuan'an County Government on January 8th. An investment of RMB 1.4 billion will be used to construct a 600 000 t/a DAP (di-ammonium phosphate) project in Yuan'an, Hubei province of...

JAMG starts urea project.
On December 30th, 2006 construction was started on the 300 000 t/a synthetic ammonia and 520 000 t/a urea project in Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group (JAMG, former Jincheng Coal Industry Group) located in Jincheng, Shanxi province. JAMG subordinates to Shanxi Lanhua Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd. (Lanhua Coal) With...

Mineria actual del carbon en el norte del Peru.
RESUMEN Este artículo es el resultado del estudio de 20 minas además de otras no tomadas en cuenta en el presente análisis, de las cuales 18 son de antracita, 1 semi bituminoso y 1 de grafito; todas estas minas están emplazadas en las serranías de los departamentos...