Some 760 billion tons of coal still lie beneath the U.S., and for a while it looked as if most of it might stay there. But persistent rumors of the coal industry's death, brought on by its own inefficiency and the threat of oil and gas. proved to be premature. Last week, as the National Coal Policy Conference met in Washington, coal company executives happily surveyed their expanding markets. It would have seemed absurd only a few years ago, but now they are expected to double their annual production by the end of...
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