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• New York State Energy Research and Development Authority — The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), established in 1975, is a public benefit corporation, located in Albany, New York, with regional offices in NYC, Buffalo, and West Valley. NYSERDA offers information and… …   Wikipedia

• Coal mining in India — Coal reserves in BTUs as of 2009 Coal mining in India has a long history of commercial exploitation covering nearly 220 years starting in 1774 with John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the East India Company in the Raniganj Coalfield along… …   Wikipedia

• Coal mining in the United Kingdom — Coalfields of the United Kingdom in the 19th century. Coal mining in the United Kingdom probably dates to Roman times and took place in many different parts of the country. Britain s coalfields are associated with Northumbria and Durham, North… …   Wikipedia

• History of coal mining — Due to its abundance, coal has been mined in various parts of the world throughout history and continues to be an important economic activity today. Compared to wood fuels, coal yields a higher amount of energy per mass and could be obtained in… …   Wikipedia

• Mining in Japan — is minimal because Japan possesses very few mining resources. Japanese mining was a rapidly declining industry in the 1980s. Domestic coal production shrank from a peak of 55 million tons in 1960 to slightly more than 16 million tons in 1985,… …   Wikipedia

• Coal Authority — Formation 1994 Legal status Non departmental public body (NDPB) Purpose/focus Coal mining in the UK Location 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG …   Wikipedia

• Open-pit coal mining in the United Kingdom — The United Kingdom produces about ten million tons of coal a year [1] from open pit mines. The majority comes from Scotland [2], with the largest operator there being the Scottish Coal subsidiary of Scottish Resources Group [3]; they are rather… …   Wikipedia

• Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum — The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) is a technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials and energy industries. It was founded in 1898. In 2006, the organization had 12,000 national… …   Wikipedia

• mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …   Universalium

• Mining — This article is about the extraction of geological materials from the Earth. For the municipality in Austria, see Mining, Austria. For the siege tactic, see Mining (military). For name of the Chinese emperor, see Daoguang Emperor. Simplified… …   Wikipedia

• Mining in Nigeria — The mining of minerals in Nigeria accounts for only 0.3% of its GDP, due to the influence of its vast oil resources. The domestic mining industry is underdeveloped, leading to Nigeria having to import minerals that it could produce domestically,… …   Wikipedia