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    of history about industrial heritage might be affected negatively. In short, according to analyze the interpretation in National Coal Mining Museum for England in Britain, it seems that a view of nostalgia is the theme of interpretation in the industrial heritage, even in the whole society. The objects and buildings of coal industry has become industrial heritage of coal in Britain. These are three main requirements for nostalgia. Firstly, the sense of nostalgia is easier to appear in Western Countries

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    War on Coal

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    War on Coal “President Obama is responsible entirely for the closure of that mine and the loses of these jobs”, Robert Murray CEO of Murray Energy Corporation told CNN after 239 men were laid off because an Ohio mine had closed. The current war on coal is not one of just and fair reasons. Coal has several positive benefits that greatly outweigh the negative environmental effects that some say it causes. The main benefit of coal is the hundreds of thousands it employs annually. However, with the

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    Law Of Mining And Land Use

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    exercise of powers under Section 13 of the Mines & Minerals Act, an applicant would first make an application to the relevant State Government. Thereafter, the applicant is required to submit the plan to the Central Government and once approved by Central Government, the applicant was entitled to licence from the State Government. The Mines & Minerals Act and the Rules provide for the grant of licence for operating in respect of mines and minerals stated under the Mines & Minerals Act. 1973, coal mining

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    does part of that job. It means a lot more to me than the bloated Nashville [1975], with its strain to be an All-American metaphor." - Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic, 1980 review on “Coal Miner’s Daughter”. Film are stories about peoples experiences and one film that tells of a woman’s experience road to fame is “Coal Miner’s Daughter” this film tells the story of how Loretta Lynn became the ‘the queen of country’ and does a wonderful job. It shows the hardships and glories that come with being in

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    prevent importation of “strikebreakers”. However, Thomas Andrews’ Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War introduces the concept of workscape in which gives an understanding of the event internally, above the surface and underground the mines of Colorado. Within the book, the operation of Colorado coal companies in capitalizing the coal industry lead to the formation of the mine workscape in which united coal miners underground the mines and above the surface to fight for industrial and

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    too fascinating to express. Although the town of Portage, Pa is only 125 years old, it is full of rich history that has shaped the Portage we all know today. Portage would not be the town it is today without the economic successes it had with the coal industry and more importantly the rule it played in the Allegheny Portage railroad. The geography of our town couldn’t have been more perfect to house the railroad with

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    process of coal industry, it seems that it is too early to talk about the development of industrial heritage of coal in China. However, in fact, industrial heritage of coal has already become an infant industry in this country. For example, Haizhou Colliery in Liaoning province is the biggest open pit coalmine in Asia. It was explored in 1897, and in 1953, this colliery was used again after Second World War and Civil War. It was the first modern, mechanized and electrified open pit in China. Nevertheless

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    related to industry. In China, industrial heritage development is just at the beginning stage. By the year of 2001, the first industrial heritage was included in the List of National Key Cultural Relics Protection. The protection of industrial heritage of coal seems to be a new concept. Coal resource is still a very essential energy for Chinese economic development currently. However, in the future, it would be replaced by clear and new energy. Industrial heritage of coal will be the representative

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    character of this film, who is a Union organizer, comes to the small mining town to get the mine workers to join the union. But the Stone Mountain Coal Company who owns the town announces that anyone who is to join the union will be replaced with workers. Old and new works then come together to join the union and fight against the Stone Mountain Coal Company by going on a labor strike. And ending with the unfortunate and heart breaking demise of Kenehan himself. One might think what does geography

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    China Power Generation China has no option but to continue using coal in generating electricity. Coal is the only viable resource in their disposal that can be used to generate electricity bearing in mind that in 2011 it was the largest coal producer, producing more than 3.5 billion metric tones of coal. This accounts for 135 of the worlds coal supply. Coal is used to fire 805 of China's power plants (Institute of Energy Research, 2013). There are other avenues that China can exhaust with regard

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