anthracite

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The colliery is the only producer of high-grade anthracite in western Europe and supplies the nearby Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2022

Heavy equipment excavate anthracite coal from a strip mine in New Castle, Pennsylvania, U.S.,

From Reuters • May 25, 2022

On April 13, an anthracite gray Volkswagen van pulled into Les Poulières.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

With even more heat and pressure driving out all the volatiles and leaving pure carbon, anthracite can turn to graphite.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Little by little the town names along the way began to take on a frank industrial tone—Port Carbon, Minersville, Slatedale—and I realized I was entering the strange, half-forgotten world of Pennsylvania’s anthracite region.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson