Famous Quotes & Sayings

Coal production peaked in 1990, and we lost 40 percent of our production, which meant we lost 40 percent of our miners.

Coal prices on the market have been high, while electricity tariffs are fixed by the government, which has put great pressure on the country's power generators.

Coal miners face their worst nightmare. Drilling, pumping and praying.

Coalition forces may actually be fueling the fires of insurgency.

Coal is still the predominant fuel used in generating electricity, and the demand for electricity continues to increase. Because of that, the demand for coal will continue to increase for the foreseeable future.

Coal isn't going away. Neither is natural gas. But we can become less dependent on them.

Coal is going to be the predominantly competing fuel, and this raises the issue of how much gas is going to get used in China.

Coking coal producers will have a hell of a fight on their hands trying to convince steelmakers they need to pay more in (fiscal) 2006.

The situation is spinning out of control ... and the government is unable to solve any of the problems. We support the initiative of coal miners, scientists, students and teachers who demand the resignation of the president.

Donald Rumsfeld

the sooner it is done, the fewer Iraqis that will be killed, the fewer Americans or coalition forces that will be killed.

The most probable coalition will be orange... the Region Party's victory is only a formal one.

Things are increasingly pointing toward a grand coalition of the CDU/CSU and SPD. This seems like a trend that may firm up before voting day.

This is still a pretty good outcome. The price settlement for lower quality coking coal was better than expected.

This is still a pretty good outcome and would lend support to iron ore pricing. The price settlement for lower quality coking coal was better than expected.

Edmund Stoiber

This grand coalition was not wanted, but it is a great chance.

Jack Straw

That obviously includes France, Germany, and Italy, who are offering forces as part of this coalition and all the other member states as well.

Kevin Hall

You're starting to see elements of that coalition step forward.

You're seeing the effects of an electricity pricing mechanism that's tied to the cost of natural gas. Companies that are larger producers from coal and nuclear are getting a higher-than-anticipated benefit.

We did have coal dust, we did have the product on fire.

Ted Cruz

Do you want to know what scares the Washington cartel? Actually, not remotely. I don't scare them in the tiniest bit. What scares them is you. What scares them is that old Reagan coalition is coming back together, of conservatives.

Even if it failed to reach the targets 20 or 30 years from now, the coal industry would still make a profit.

Even if the negotiations on a grand coalition are successfully concluded ... we expect this government will stay in power for only a short period of time.

Berlusconi no longer has the necessary resources, in terms of image and credibility, to turn the situation around, ... he is the glue that keeps the coalition together.

Black-Yellow-Green is not a tactical ploy, but a realistic option. A grand coalition would be the alternative and far less desirable.

Jeff Goodell

Bloomberg's $50 million is not going to revolutionize the electric power industry. But his willingness to fight is already inspiring others to see Big Coal differently.

Everything we try to do at this tournament, even in the coal industry, is to honor the men that we lost in the January tragedies.

Dick Gephardt

We have a big job of reconciling the people in Iraq. We need to pull together that international coalition that we should have gotten together a long time ago,

Yulia Tymoshenko

Today, much more than yesterday, there is a threat of a coalition between Our Ukraine and the Regions Party.

You have to know coal mining and the dangers involved. There are guidelines, you have to be in good health and you have to be brave. You can't take chances, but you have to be brave.

With higher oil and natural gas prices, nuclear and coal plants have a distinct competitive advantage. Policy-makers should look for ways to enable and encourage development of such capacity.

When you look at who is funding this (campaign), it's no great surprise. That coalition (of labor unions and environmentalists) has worked together in the past.

We're taking every step we can with the support of the coalition forces to secure our headquarters compound.

The opportunity is substantial, the timeframe short. The coalition must be expanded and solidified over the next 18 months, and funding secured to see the project through.