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M. Albert Evans
Mining consultant. Coauthor of Technical Manual on Longwall Mining Systems.
M. Albert Evans,
Raja Venkat Ramani
Professor and Head, Department of Mineral Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Coauthor of Development of a Procedure for Land Use Potential Evaluation for Surface-mined Land.
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RI coal miners diversify to gear up for energy transition • Dec. 22, 2024, 1:19 PM ET (Jakarta Post)

coal mining, extraction of coal deposits from the surface of Earth and from underground. Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel on Earth. Its predominant use has always been for producing heat energy. It was the basic energy source that fueled the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries, and the industrial growth of that era in turn supported the large-scale exploitation of coal deposits. Since the mid-20th century, coal has yielded its place to petroleum and natural gas as the principal energy supplier of the world. The mining of coal from surface and underground deposits today is a ...(100 of 10148 words)

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