When A Coal Mine Shuts Down, Locals Get The Shaft
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Reclamation Projects
A perfect reclamation would be restoring the original contours of the land, bringing in deep topsoil and then planting native vegetation. That's very, very rarely done except for some sort of PR projects or show pieces. So a lot of these mines can become productive for us again, but it takes effort and time and money to do that.
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