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If one has to name one aspect of mining of minerals that is long neglected, not that other aspects are much better off, though- it must be underground mining of metallic ores, stones and others. While the global appetite for metallic ores has been going on undiminished, there clearly is a lackadaisical attitude among the professionals to create new contents around the subject. In terms of research and development not much is happening, much more is required, but ...
But for all the headlines about oil prices and climate change, the most important energy story -indeed, the energy story of the last four decades-has been the growth in global coal demand. In a December'2014 report, the International Energy Agency releases its annual report on the coal market. Their findings: global coal prices are falling and coal demand is rising. Since 1973, no other form of energy has grown faster than coal. And the IEA expects that coal ...