| 1 | Inner Mongolia's coal fires may be the most severe, but they are hardly unique. | |
| 2 | In the Yorkshire coal field strike action began when workers at the Manvers complex walked out over the lack of consultation. | |
| 3 | The massive coal reserve is located at a rich coal belt measuring 16km long, 10km wide and 10-22m thick. | |
| 4 | It was the development of Britain' s coalfields which led to the Industrial Revolution. Today British coal mining is called a "sick" industry. | |
| 5 | Mongolia has some of the world's largest undeveloped fields of coal, vital for its southern neighbor's hungry steel mills and power plants. |