That's the name for the massive collective that turned brown coal (lignite) into gas.

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And the environmental group has stepped up its campaign as Apple increasingly integrates Macs, iPhones and iPads into its iCloud service, which is powered by massive electricity-consuming server farms in coal states.

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India faces massive electricity shortages due to a mismatch between coal demand and supply, making it dependent on imports from Indonesia and other countries.

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That minimal upward trend may well turn negative soon as a result of recent advances in energy technology and the discovery of massive natural gas deposits that can replace carbon-intensive coal power.

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Droughts in Argentina are punishing producers of soybeans and cereals, while Cyclone Yasni and continued floods are driving up the prices of coal, iron ore, and zinc, key components for the massive infrastructure projects in emerging economies like China, India, and Brazil. (Read On The Verge of a Global Food Crisis).

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But in 2006, it embarked on a massive investment and construction project to build blast furnaces which use iron ore and coking coal to produce high-quality virgin steel for cars, ships and consumer durable goods.

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Relatively recent massive discoveries show that a whopping 80% of its 87, 000 sq km of land contains coal and 50% contains natural gas reserves.

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Global demand for coal has been on the rise as Asian economies, especially China and India, demand massive quantities to power its cities and industrialization projects.

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It has also led to a massive surfeit of CO2 emissions permits, pushing the price of carbon, and therefore the cost of coal production, sharply lower.

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