coal
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Fatality rates in China's coal mining industry have fallen more than 90% since 1990, thanks to a package of safety reforms.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Hopes of finding survivors have been all but extinguished at the Liushenyu coal mine.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
It has also emerged that Liushenyu mine had been flagged for safety violations before, appearing on a 2024 list by the Chinese National Mine Safety Administration of coal mines with "severe hazards".
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Initial findings show Tongzhou Group, the company operating the privately owned coal mine, had committed "serious illegal violations", authorities said, without specifying what they discovered.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Then I imagine what would have happened if I hadn’t had a bag of coal and decide this might not be such a waste of time after all.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Vocabulary lists containing coal
Black and Gray
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Natural Resources and the Environment - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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