The deal includes 118 million tons of coal reserves, enough for 20 years of production, as well as a skilled workforce and state-of-the-art coal preparation and loadout facilities.

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Two summers ago, a truckload of Beijing municipal workers turned up in my neighborhood and began unspooling heavy-duty black power lines, which they attached to our houses, in preparation for a campaign to replace coal-burning furnaces with electric radiators.

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