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Coal is the official state mineral of Kentucky.
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About: B&M N Scale coal train
Season's greetings, Alan! That was an great motive power consist rolling by, followed by quite a long row of cars that it pulled. The entire train looked spectacular! Thanks for sharing it on YouTube! -from Tom Pilling
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Coal is extracted from the ground by coal mining, either underground by shaft mining, or at ground level by open pit mining extraction.
Coal is primarily used as a solid fuel to produce electricity and heat through combustion. World coal consumption was about 7.25 billion tonnes in 2010
The price of coal increased from around $30.00 per short ton in 2000 to around $150.00 per short ton as of September 2008.
In early 2015, it was trading near $56/ton.