News About Coal Mines 19-NOV-09 en-us Charleston, West Virginia (AFP) Nov 1, 2009 - Coal super-powers China, India and the United States are set to dominate world climate talks next month, but even in the heartland of US coal there are doubts their re-branded fuel can be part of the solution.]]> Beijing (AFP) Oct 29, 2009 - Ten people have suffocated in a mine in northern China after illegally entering the facility, which was shut down a year ago, the nation's work safety watchdog said Thursday.]]> Grossraeschen, Germany (UPI) Oct 23, 2009 - An eastern German region devastated by decades of strip mining is trying to reinvent itself with renewables and a new form of eco-tourism.]]> Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 22, 2009 - A timely debate on "United States Coal Peak Production" will enliven the October annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Portland, Oregon this week. Highly regarded experts, Dr. David B. Rutledge of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Dr. Frank Clemente of Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) will be keynote speakers presenting opposing views.]]> Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2009 - Eight workers were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in central China's Hunan province, state media reported Saturday.]]> Sydney (UPI) Oct 14, 2009 - Victoria is considering exporting massive amounts of its "dirty" brown coal reserves.]]> Beijing (AFP) Oct 11, 2009 - Police in southwest China are hunting for four owners of an illegal coal mine where an accident left 14 miners dead, state media reported Sunday.]]> Beijing (AFP) Oct 8, 2009 - Twenty-six workers were killed Thursday in an accident at a tin mine in central China's Hunan Province, state media reported.]]> Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Oct 07, 2009 - Worldwide, thousands of workers die every year from mining accidents, and instantaneous coal outbursts in underground mines are among the major killers. But although scientists have been investigating coal outbursts for more than 150 years, the precise mechanism is still unknown.]]> Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2009 - China will continue to rely on coal for most of its energy needs "for a long time", a senior official said Friday, just days after President Hu Jintao pledged action on its greenhouse gas emissions.]]>