anthracite

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Born in 1908, the oldest son of Lithuanian immigrants, my father started working as a breaker boy in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania when he was 6 years old.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

Rival steelmaker Arcelormittal Nippon Steel India shipped in 35,000 tonnes of Russian anthracite coal using euros, a customs document dated June 15 showed.

From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2022

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

I have a very good friend here in New Hampshire who heats with anthracite coal.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022

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