We have come a long way as far as the policy framework concerning coal mining is concerned. From a concession model, we have moved on to granting coal mining blocks pursuant to a competitive bidding ...

The use of a chemical transport model may become increasingly helpful as a method of simulating the release, transport and fate of chemical constituents in process water streams. Craig Schuettpelz, ...

Researchers at the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) spent much of the fall semester overseeing the ...

CHAPEL HILL — As the United States’ oil reserves dwindle, some say the nation will have to rely on synthetic petroleum fuel made from its large stores of coal. A two-step chemical process augments a ...

The Indian government has amended coal mining rules to simplify the approval process and expedite coal production, removing ...

Coal is often called the “buried sunshine” because it developed from the remains of plants and greens that existed as long as 400 million years ago. According to Kentucky Education Television, most of ...

Fischer-Tropsch (FT) chemistry can be harnessed to turn coal into fuels. But the method produces roughly twice as much CO 2 as petroleum-based processes, giving coal a bad rap, Charles E. Taylor ...

The Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCCC) at the University of Wyoming's (UW) School of Energy Resources is a collaborative group of research scientists and entrepreneurs focused on ...

The government has removed the requirement for prior permission from the CCO for coal washery waste disposal, promoting ...

EDMONTON – The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is responding to what it calls a “major failure” of a pit at a coal mine near Hinton. A pit containing coal process and surface water failed at the Obed ...

Reforms are needed to fix an outdated federal coal program so that U.S. taxpayers receive a fair return on federal coal and the United States meets its climate goals. Coal bound for South Korea via a ...