Historical eventApril 52010

Coal mining

An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners in the United States' worst mining disaster in 40 years.

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When
Monday, April 5 201016 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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At a glance

Dates: From 2010.

Place: coal basin.

What came before

Part of: coal industry.

Catalyst / how it started

Linked causes: energy value of coal.

What happened

History Ships have been used to haul coal since the Roman Empire Part of a series on Coal Economic use Ammonia Anthracite Bituminous coal Charcoal Coal combustion products Coal-fired power station Coal gas Coal in Australia Canada Europe India Poland Russia South Africa Turkey Ukraine Coal mining in Chile in the UK in the USA Coal-mining region Coal power in China in the USA Coal preparation plant Coal tar Coke (fuel) Coking Metallurgical coal Externalities Ash pond Asian brown cloud Asthma Blackdamp Black lung…

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. In the United Kingdom and South Africa, a coal mine and its structures are a colliery, a coal mine is called a "pit", and above-ground mining structures are referred to as a "pit head". In Australia, "colliery" generally refers to an underground coal mine.

April 5 through the years

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When did Coal mining happen?

April 5 2010 — 16 years ago, on a Monday.

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