Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and population.

Germany's power plants run on hard coal remain an important back up to guarantee supply when volatile wind and solar power are not available, coal importers lobby VDKi said in a statement on Thursday, ...

President Donald Trump's return to office could bring some temporary relief to the beleaguered U.S. coal industry.

The mine belongs to the state-owned Turkish Hard Coal Enterprises. Turkey witnessed its deadliest coal mining disaster in 2014, when 301 people died after a blast in the western town of Soma.

Coal power use in the European Union (EU) has fallen by 61%, according to Carbon Brief analysis of new figures from energy analysts Ember.

Ukraine increased export of hard coal and anthracite 2.7 times, by 1,145,951 tonnes, in 2024 compared to 2023, reaching 1,812,592 tonnes. Coal was imported for $402.219 million, which is 2.2 times ...

A major focus of the social, political, and economic pressure to divest is coal mining, especially thermal coal. The fossil fuel is used to generate 34% of the world's electricity but produces ...