Open-cast mining, where coal is dug out of the ground through a giant, open pit, destroys habitats. South Africa has many of ...

A coal heir bought a West Palm Beach condo for $14.9 million, more than double its previous sale price five years ago.

A freight railroad transloading company is operating at Lackawaxen, taking delivery of crushed local quarry stone for ...

The coal seams there supply thermal coal (coal that's burnt to run electricity turbines) and higher quality anthracite coal, used locally for the production of steel and other products that are ...

Given the oppressive conditions under which they lived and worked, it’s hard to imagine how 19th Century Irish immigrants had ...

F. Isherwood, Chief Engineer, U. S. N., it appears that the Collin's steamers use anthracite on the voyage to Liverpool, and Welsh coal, also an anthracite, on the return voyage. The Welsh coal ...

He was their third child, having two older sisters, Susan and Olivia. Jervis Langdon was a pioneer in the anthracite coal business and one of the industrial leaders in the east. He was a self-made ...

The prediction came true, and the once vital link in the transportation of anthracite coal to market was relegated to old photos and history books. There is one bright spot, though. Plans are ...

delicate crusts baked in a matter of minutes by a scorching pile of anthracite coal. Diner lined up outside Grimaldi’s for house-roasted peppers, white pools of fresh mozzarella and tender ...

not unlike the anthracite boom where New York City was the primary market for anthracite coal," Carrick observed. "We are exploring options with SRS for the best possible benefit to the ...