Congenital anomalies are also known as birth defects, congenital disorders or congenital malformations. Congenital anomalies can be defined as structural or functional anomalies (e.g. metabolic disorders) that occur during intrauterine life and can be identified prenatally, at birth or later in life.
But unlike in 2012 when Wyoming was home to nine of the US' ten biggest coal mines, the Cowboy State had a bit more competition last year. North Dakota's Freedom mine has taken the spot of the US' tenth biggest coal producer, as Wyoming's Caballo slid off the top-ten chart. All production figures are in metric tonnes.
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and, since the 1880s, has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production.In the United States, United Kingdom, and South Africa, a coal mine and its structures are a colliery.oal mining has had many developments over the recent years, from the early days of men tunneling, digging and manually extracting the coal on carts to large open cut and long wall mines. Mining at this scale requires the use of draglines, trucks, conveyors, jacks and shearers.