Items Tagged with 'appalachian'

Coal mining productivity in the U.S. increased 26 percent over the past five years, while the nation's operating mines have been cut nearly in half during that same time period.

Natural gas leads an upward trend in fossil fuel production that will continue to break records through 2019, according to Energy Information Administration forecasts.

The Energy Department’s (DOE’s) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has found high concentrations of rare earth elements (REEs) in coal samples from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, Rocky Mountain Coal Basins, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region.