By Lee Buchsbaum A generation ago, now maybe two, the rolling hills of western Kentucky reverberated with the rumbles of many great mining machines. Similar to mechanical dinosaurs, these towering machines, some among the largest ever constructed, were emblematic of the scale…
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Back to the FutureGen?
By Lee Buchsbaum With the recent publication of two Congressionally ordered investigations into its seemingly temporary demise, another side of the FutureGen saga, the proposed federally-funded 275 megawatt (mw) experimental integrated gas, combined cycle (IGCC) power plant equipped with carbon capture and…
Before Obama’s Team Can Move Forward, They Will Need to Undo the Bush Legacy
…on global warming, which I supported, the Bush administration took no position on mountaintop mining. Finally, Lee Buchsbaum’s article on the FutureGen project shows just how badly politicians can behave. There is no need to spoil the surprise, but among many seriously…
After Record Sales and Production, International Met Markets Plummet
By Lee Buchsbaum By the end of the second and third quarters of 2008, coal executives were nearly giddy. They had never experienced such profits, especially for metallurgical coal producers. Australia’s mines in Queensland were flooded. The South Africans rationed power to…
Rail Transportation Update
By Lee Buchsbaum Even though the western railroads continuously established and shattered their monthly PRB service records during 2008, with the stark economic downturn, nobody will really remember their feat. In fact, after realizing their shipping goals out of the Power River…
U.S. Coal Miners Post Great Numbers in 2008
…far as economic growth.” One should never underestimate the intelligence of the Coal Age reader. Also, in this edition, Lee Buchsbaum pays tribute to the American railroads and their ability to quietly haul record levels of coal to the utilities. The railroads,…
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