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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Coal mining.

See also changes related to Coal mining, or pages that link to Coal mining or to this page or whose text contains "Coal mining".

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## Related topics[edit]

* Coal: a combustible, black rock formed after millions of years of heat and pressure were applied to the decayed remains of plants and organic matter in what were then swamps. [e]
* Civil engineering: A broad field of engineering dealing with the design, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures, including roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and water supply and sewage systems. [e]
* Geology: The scientific study of the structure and composition of the earth's crust and its changes over time. [e]
* Mining engineering: A discipline of engineering that involves the practice, science and technology of extracting mineral deposits safely and for a profit. [e]
* Mine (resource extraction): A place where valuable material is extracted from the Earth. [e]
* Combustion: A sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat or both heat and light in the form of either a glow or flames. [e]
* Conventional coal-fired power plant: power plant that burns coal in a steam generator to produce high pressure steam, which goes to steam turbines that generate electricity. [e]
* Fossil fuel: A substance such as coal, natural gas or petroleum with a high percentage of carbon that can be burned to produce heat or energy, whose extraction is destructive to the environment, whose burning pollutes the atmosphere, and whose supplies are finite and not renewable. [e]
* Industrial Revolution: A period of major economic transformation in Britain from the 1750s to the 1830s, characterized by the growth of a new system comprising factories, railroads, coal mining and business enterprises using new technologies. [e]
* John L. Lewis: American labor leader who was a prominent figure in the United Mine Workers (UMW) and later formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). [e]
* Mine (resource extraction): A place where valuable material is extracted from the Earth. [e]

## Parent topics[edit]

* Earth science: The study of the components and processes of the planet Earth. [e]
* Business: A term that relates to the transaction of commerce. [e]
* Engineering: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products. [e]

## Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)[edit]

* Chiropractic [r]: A complementary, alternative health-care profession that aims to heal using manual therapies on the spine and extremities. [e]
* Medical error [r]: Mistakes made in a medical setting with respect to patient care, sanitation or medical administration. A mistake is less than optimal action, thus failure to set up efficient procedures and routines which minimize mistakes is medical error. [e]