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The end of Appalachia? Illinois Basin coal makes comeback

Andrew Topf | May 11, 2012 | 7:53 pm Energy Europe Coal 

The balance of the US coal industry may be tilting in the direction of the MidWest from Appalachia. The Huffington Post/Reuters reports that as coal mining slows in the eastern coal belt, coal-fired power plants using more efficient scrubbing technology...

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