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applegrove

(123,133 posts) Tue Oct 19, 2021, 08:40 PM Oct 2021

Alberta is going to start doing open pit coal mining in the Rocky

mountains. They are looking for the type of coal that makes steel. It is contentious. I hope the environmentalists win.

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Alberta is going to start doing open pit coal mining in the Rocky (Original Post) applegrove Oct 2021 OP

Metallurgical coal, also known as coking coal, is used to produce coke, elleng Oct 2021 #1

We are fighting hard to stop it. Bev54 Oct 2021 #2

Sickening Bayard Oct 2021 #3

elleng

(136,077 posts)

1. Metallurgical coal, also known as coking coal, is used to produce coke,

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Tue Oct 19, 2021, 08:46 PM

Oct 2021

the primary source of carbon used in steelmaking. Metallurgical coal differs from thermal coal, which is used for energy and heating, by its carbon content and its coking ability.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgical_coal

Bev54

(11,917 posts)

2. We are fighting hard to stop it.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 10:12 PM

Oct 2021

Bayard

(24,145 posts)

3. Sickening

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 10:37 PM

Oct 2021

What company?

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