coal
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In the Xinjiang region, where coal prices are among the lowest in the country, production of naphtha and diesel from coal nearly doubled in 2025 from the previous year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The amount of refined products made from coal in 2024 was equivalent to refining nearly 300 million barrels of crude—or around a month of crude-oil imports that year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Authorities tapped oil reserves that had been socked away before the war; a shift toward coal paid off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
But at age 45, after 20 years working in the coal mines of West Virginia, physical activity has become nearly impossible.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
As the pupils got here to find Tansy in what looked like a coal mine, a broken woman, they fell to.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
A firefighter picking up hoses on Jan. 2 found crackling, red-hot coals in the dirt and warned colleagues that a more thorough mop-up was needed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Before, his customers were primarily pizzerias or grilled-meat restaurants, who cook over coals; now they are families.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Why do you rake yourself over the coals for every last cent you have spent, and second-guess every move?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
They expect to be "drawn over the coals" and they've had enough.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
Who told her to hollow out the log with coals?
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Black and Gray
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Earth Science - Middle School
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