The coal industry’s future may have much more to do with building smartphones, wind turbines and missile defense radar than billowing smoke stacks and environmental finger pointing, say federal coal advisers and experts.
The direction of the industry is aimed at harvesting what are known as “rare earth elements,” for which the U.S. industry depends on China.
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