The U.S. coal industry—contrary to popular opinion—is not about to burn out. Soft coal’s outlook, in fact, has brightened so much that the U.S. Bureau of Mines says production will be up to ...

Anthracite was ideal for burning in houses, because it didn’t produce as much smoke as “soft” bituminous coal. No longer simply the provenance of blacksmiths, coal became a hot commodity ...

These originally formed the bitumen of the coal, which does not exist in anthracite; this latter being a natural coke produced, it is believed, from soft or bituminOblS coal, by subterranean ...

People had become accustomed to burning soft coal, which contained so much gas that lumps of any size could be readily ignited and burned without difficulty. Few would have predicted that ...

China's imports of major commodities were weak in the first quarter, but the challenge is working out whether the soft ...