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Batu Arang is a quiet former mining town that used to be the only significant source of coal in the early 20th Century British Malaya.

Located about 45 km from Kuala Lumpur, Batu Arang once was a major source of coal between 1911 until 1960.

How important was Batu Arang in powering the 20th Century British Malaya?


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REFERENCES

Chia, G. Y. (Ed.). (2023). The Black Diamond Batu Arang. UCSI Press. https://www.ucsiuniversity.edu.my/sit...

Fisher, C. A. (1948). The railway geography of British Malaya. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 64(3), 123-136.

Kaur, A. (1990). Hewers and haulers: a history of coal miners and coal mining in Malaya. Modern Asian Studies, 24(1), 75-113.

Pei, C. S. (1993). Coal as an energy resource in Malaysia.

Raj, J. K. (1998). Tectonic evolution of the Tertiary basin at Batu Arang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Peninsular Malaysia.

Richardson, J. A. (1941). The Coal Veins of British Malaya. Geological Magazine, 78(6), 451–462.


The forgotten coal-mining heritage of Batu Arang. https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cat...


KEYWORDS: Batu Arang, Rawang, Kuang, Selangor, Malaysia, coal, Malaysia history, Selangor history, mining in Malaysia, Malaysian railway history