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  2. Reading Anthracite Company - Wikipedia

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    Reading Anthracite Company is a coal mining company based in Pottsville, Pennsylvania in the United States. It mainly mines anthracite coal in the Coal Region of eastern Pennsylvania. The company owns the Bear Valley Strip Mine in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania .

  3. Anthracite - Wikipedia

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    An anthracite pile in Trevorton, Pennsylvania. Anthracite derives from the Greek anthrakítēs (ἀνθρακίτης), literally "coal-like". [9] Other terms which refer to anthracite are black coal, hard coal, stone coal, [10] [11] dark coal, coffee coal, blind coal (in Scotland), [7] Kilkenny coal (in Ireland), [10] crow coal or craw coal, and black diamond.

  4. Sibanthracite Group - Wikipedia

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    Sibanthracite Group was established in 2018. The Group includes the leading coal companies of Novosibirsk region: Siberian Anthracite and Open-Pit Mine Vostochny (both anthracite producers). The Group's strategy is growth through the development of new start-up projects: from obtaining a mining licence to the start of dynamic production.

  5. Coal - Wikipedia

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    A grade between bituminous coal and anthracite was once known as "steam coal" as it was widely used as a fuel for steam locomotives. In this specialized use, it is sometimes known as "sea coal" in the United States. [72] Small "steam coal", also called dry small steam nuts (DSSN), was used as a fuel for domestic water heating.

  6. History of anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Anthracite coal was first found in 1762, and then was used for the first time around 1769 by Obadiah Gore and his brother in their blacksmith shop in Wilkes-Barre. However, coal usage was generally restricted to local consumption need until the industry began to expand at the turn of the 19th century. [14]

  7. Smokeless fuel - Wikipedia

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    Smokeless fuels generally have a high calorific value, with that of anthracite being greater than dry wood for example, and many smokeless briquettes are made from this type of coal. Thus anthracite has a calorific value of 32.5 MJ/kg compared with that of dry wood of about 21 MJ/kg.

  8. Coal dust - Wikipedia

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    For use in thermal power plants, coal is ground into dust using a device called a powdered coal mill. [1] The resulting product, called powdered coal or pulverized coal, is then generally used in a fossil fuel power plant for electricity generation. Pulverized coal is a significant dust explosion hazard, as large quantities are suspended in air ...

  9. List of countries by coal reserves - Wikipedia

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    Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements; chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. [3] As a fossil fuel burned for heat, coal supplies about a quarter of the world's primary energy and two-fifths of its ...

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