The twelfth biennial lignite symposium: technology and utilization of low-rank coals was held May 18-19, 1983. It was sponsored by the US Department of Energy, (Office of Fossil Energy; Morgantown Energy Technology Center; and the Grand Forks Project Office, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202,7251 ); the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202 and the Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council, Austin, Texas 78701. Seventeen papers have been entered individually into EDB and ERA; 4 papers had been entered previously from other sources. (LTN)