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Unskilled mining countries like India, Poland and especially China--which mines about 1 billion tons of coal per year--need infrastructure to support high-tech machines.

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Countries whose mines are not mechanized, such as India, Poland and especially China--which mines about a billion tons of coal a year--need infrastructure to support high-tech machines.

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