anthracite
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According to ABC España, the site had been a major mine before its closure in 2018, and had since been intermittently used by private companies to extract the mineral anthracite.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
Rival steelmaker Arcelormittal Nippon Steel India shipped in 35,000 tonnes of Russian anthracite coal using euros, a customs document dated June 15 showed.
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2022
On April 13, an anthracite gray Volkswagen van pulled into Les Poulières.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
With even more heat and pressure driving out all the volatiles and leaving pure carbon, anthracite can turn to graphite.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The air was stale and still, suffused with the scent of rotten peaches, horse excrement, and partially combusted Illinois anthracite.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
