Coal often contains significant quantities of sulphur in mineral and organic forms, which on combustion yield sulphur dioxide and other pollutants linked to acid rain and respiratory illness.

MASON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A new coal processing plant that’s expected to bring about 500 jobs to Mason County was announced Wednesday. West Virginia was among other states in contention for the ...

Microwave-assisted coal processing harnesses electromagnetic energy in the microwave band to induce rapid, volumetric heating within coal seams. By converting microwave radiation into thermal energy ...

Duke Energy has begun processing coal ash for recycling at two new plants in Salisbury and Goldsboro, and a third is expected to come online by year's end in Chatham County. The new plants are ...

A new study by NYU Langone Health researchers found that the shutdown of a significant fossil fuel pollution source near Pittsburgh, PA, resulted in immediate improvements in respiratory health. The ...

The closure of a coal processing plant in western Pennsylvania nearly a decade ago has been linked to a dramatic drop in emergency room visits among children with asthma, new research on the health ...

The Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCCC) at the University of Wyoming's (UW) School of Energy Resources is a collaborative group of research scientists and entrepreneurs focused on ...

This appendix presents additional details on the individual processes that are involved in extraction of coal from surface and underground mines, and the subsequent beneficiation of the coal in coal ...