Witbank is the local
coal mining area with 22 collieries in an area no more than 40 km in any...
Not exact matches
Jeannie Kielty, who works on community relations for Banks, says open cast is part of the social fabric of the northeast, an
area with a long history of
coal mining.
The initial stance was to generate discussion in regards to the negative impacts associated
with areas of interest outside of
coal mining, specifically those that will worsen once
coal mining subsides.
A man tells a woman and another man that he and three other
coal miners were in a
mine waiting for radiation to dissipate above ground, when one of the miners «snapped» and tore two of the men to bloody shreds
with his bare hands, killing them; the speaking man says he stared strongly into the mad man's eyes, making the killer turn around and leave the
area, and he died three hours later.
Given the history of
coal mining in the
area, each location needs to be treated
with care so as not to convolve gas fluxes that come directly from past or present
mining activities
with those that are following new drill holes as the release pathway.
Mountaintop removal
coal mining devastates the landscape, turning
areas that should be lush
with forests and wildlife into barren moonscapes.
Now the Northern Anthracite
Coal Basin is now called the Northern Antracite
mine pool,
with some
areas water 600 feet deep.
We have been contacted
with requests for information and assistance by affected people living in urban as well as rural
areas, and the noise and vibration sources have included
coal mining, gas fired power stations, large refrigeration units
with compressors and swimming pool compressors in city apartment blocks.
Appalachia is a major
coal mining area and it is an
area with significant poverty.
«While we wouldn't comment on alliances
with particular organizations, Peabody has a track record of advancing responsible energy and environmental policies, and we support organizations that advocate sustainable
mining, energy access and clean
coal solutions, in line
with our company's leadership in these
areas,» Vic Svec, Peabody's senior vice-president for global investor and corporate relations, wrote in an email.