hard coal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hard coal
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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To compensate for these losses an additional 8.7 million tonnes of hard coal would have to be burned.
From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2024
She fashioned little carts of coke — the hard coal used to heat ore — using jimmies and dragées.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022
The European Union gets about 25% of its oil from Russia, while the EU imported 53% of hard coal from the country in 2020, which accounted for 30% of the EU’s hard coal consumption.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2022
The government plans to use a mixture of subsidies and tenders to encourage operators to close hard coal plants beginning this year.
From Reuters • Jan. 15, 2020
The coal of Upper Silesia, with a production of about 23 per cent of the total of all German hard coal, is to be ceded to Poland, subject, however, to plebiscite.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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