Coal breaker Coal breaker A coal breaker is a coal processing plant which breaks coal into various useful sizes. Coal breakers also remove impurities from the coal (typically slate) and deposit them into a culm dump. The coal breaker is a forerunner of the modern coal preparation plant. Generally speaking, a coal tipple was typically used at a bituminous coal mine, where removing impurities was important but sorting by size was only a secondary, minor concern. Coal breakers were always used (with or without a tipple) at anthracite mines. While tipples were used around the world, coal breakers were used primarily in
World Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count World Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count The following is the "cumulative medal count" for countries at the World Figure Skating Championships. It includes countries that no longer exist. Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including these who not included in these tables) per type. Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including these who not included in these tables) per type. Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all pairs or separate partners (including these who not included in these tables) per type. Italic denotes statistics of performances