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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

How is coal made?

Coal is formed from the remains of trees and plants which grew millions of years ago. They delayed and sank into the ground, and were pressed under layers of rock and other minerals.
As this vegetation dried up, it turned into peat, then into coal. The Coal is found underground in layers called seams. Mines have to be make in order to dig it out. Coal is a very useful product. Not only is it used as fuel but also in the manufacture of such things as dyes and insecticides.

Major recoverable coal reserve is in USA and other large reserve are in Russia, Australia, China, India and south Africa. Highest coal producing contries are China, USA and India.Major coal exporters Australia, Indonesia and China.



10 comments:

BusinessEnglishCoaching.com September 28, 2007 at 3:50 AM  

Decayed NOT delayed :-D

Alistair

BusinessEnglishCoaching.com

Unknown September 4, 2008 at 12:25 AM  

i bet you guys were the cool kids at school... HAHAHA!

Unknown May 9, 2011 at 8:36 AM  
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Aaron Sajeev January 26, 2012 at 11:11 AM  

Lots of grammar sticks, however a really detailed article

E. R. E. Jones November 12, 2012 at 9:53 AM  

And, of course, we all know that Welsh coal is the world's best...
(Wales was the largest exporter of coal during the 19th century)

E. R. E. Jones November 12, 2012 at 9:53 AM  

And, of course, we all know that Welsh coal is the world's best...
(Wales was the largest exporter of coal during the 19th century)

Unknown January 23, 2013 at 4:50 AM  
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jrmds21 August 11, 2013 at 12:50 AM  
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jrmds21 August 11, 2013 at 12:52 AM  

ok we all agree that it takes 10ft of peat to make 1ft of coal and that it happened by pressure being applied to the peat over a period of time BUT what level of sediment etc would be needed to apply sufficient pressure to turn say 10ft of peat into 1ft of coal??? 100ft ... 1000ft???

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