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4 - The causes and implications of India’s coal production shortfall

from Part II - Case studies of key coal countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2015

Mark C. Thurber
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Stanford University, California
Richard K. Morse
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
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The Global Coal Market
Supplying the Major Fuel for Emerging Economies
, pp. 123 - 163
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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