Bouncing back

Lee Buchsbaum reports on production and demand in the Illinois coal basin, where new miners are looking to challenge world heavyweights for the title of lowest-cost producer

25 October 2013
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As the new millennium began, it seemed like the coal age was slipping away from the formerly highly productive Illinois basin (ILB) in America’s mid-west.

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