Virginia Business: Coal mining took off in Virginia when the railroads arrived in the 1880s. More than 130 years later, coal still fuels Virginia`s economy. Northern Virginia`s tech sector depends on a steady supply of low-cost electricity, much of it derived from bitumen-rich Appalachian coal. And Virginia`s deepwater port in Hampton Roads - the largest coal exporting terminal in the U.S. - is a huge economic asset that neighboring coal states can only envy. Coal mining is one of Virginia`s oldest continuously...
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