Mining coal by remote control

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A report on underground coal gasification (UCG) would mean no-one would need to go underground. A test project will begin at Alcorisa, Madrid, Spain in 1993 with EC support. In the future 100,000 tons of coal could be converted from three boreholes, two for air and water injection and one to collect the gas. The principle was first proposed in 1868. A more recent British Coal evaluation decided that it was unsuitable for UK geology. However, 1992 plans are based on direct drilling technology.

Research, Methods, Coal industry, Mining engineering, Coal gasification, Underground, Underground coal gasification

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Workers unite on the network

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Protest groups use computers to access information, communicate with each other and organise themselves. Donations of modems provide clear phone lines but some governments, notably South Africa, dislike this and cut links or otherwise intervene. On-line information sevices are being provided for union members in the developed world. The Cosatu confederation rewrites computer manuals in simpler style, trains union employees and uses electronic mail.

Computer networks, Usage, Telecommunications systems, Electronic mail systems, Email, Labor unions, Databases, Facsimile transmission, Civil rights movements

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Now the Trojan horse arrives by telephone

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The European Leisure Software Producers' Association and the Federation Against Software Theft are concerned about hacking and pirating of software on bulletin boards, the computer message files. Software producers hope for regulations but users are concerned that this would restrict the free flow of information. The Metropolitan Police computer crime unit finds about 3/4 of its cases are due to simple curiosity.

Analysis, Crime, Computer hackers, Bulletin boards

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