This issue takes a closer look at the state that has been hardest hit by the downturn in the US coal industry: West Virginia – which has seen its coal output drop by 28% since 2008. On the technical side, we include articles on health and safety in longwall mining, shaft hoisting, overland conveying, coal storage facilities and breakers, crushers and sizers. Finally, our global power market review views the bigger picture of coal-fired power development in North American and Europe.
In this issue