41.   An EU official is visiting Polish coal companies to check documents and talk with officials, said Economic Ministry spokesman Pawel Badzio.

42.   And the coal company says it will need help from the federal and state governments to save Jharia.

43.   Australian coal companies would then be able to use this information in their often-exhaustive negotiations with Japanese buyers.

44.   Australian coal companies will go into contract talks with Japanese buyers armed with new statistics designed to bolster their negotiating positions, the government said Tuesday.

45.   Black lung compensation payments are made from a fund that is supported by assessments on coal companies.

46.   Bush wants to give coal companies tax breaks for developing cleaner-burning technologies.

47.   But the law does not say that a firm that took over the coal company itself must pay for benefits.

48.   But Yuri Malyshev, the head of the state-run Rosugol coal company, said Wednesday the strike is likely to be canceled.

49.   Coal companies have begun paying back wages after a government commission spent two weeks negotiating with the miners.

50.   Coal companies were allowed to seek customers on their own for the first time last year, the daily Nhan Dan said, leading to the increase.