Coal mining : research, technology and safety
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Coal mining : research, technology and safety
Nova Science Publishers, c2008
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Although it is a rock rather than a mineral (the building blocks of rocks), coal is often considered to be a mineral resource. Coal has been mined since ancient Roman times, but it has become a major energy source only since the Industrial Revolution. It currently provides 22 percent of the world's energy, and is used to generate approximately 40 percent of electricity world-wide. Coal generates more than half of all electricity in the United States. Coal is also an important ingredient in the creation of methanol which turns up in such items as plywood (binding resin) and plastic bottles (acetic acid). Reserves are widely distributed throughout the globe, although the United States, Russia, China, and India account for more than half of the world's recoverable coal reserves. This book presents new research in the field.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Heavy Metal Contamination of Agronomic Crops Grown on Three Reclaimed Mine Wastelands in South China and Implications for Ecological Restoration
- Note on Rhenium in Coal
- Coal Mining: Research, Technology and Safety
- Environmental Impact of Polycylic ARomatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Coal Particles on Sediment Quality
- Monitoring Activities of Leaching Microorganisms at Coal Mining Sites
- Soil Biota Development in Areas in Affected by Open Coast Coal Mining in Europe and its Role in Soil Formation
- Contaminations by Natural Radionuclides as a Result of Coal Mining Activities
- Aquatic Hazard of Selenium Pollution from Coal Mining
- Fluorine in Coal: A Review
- Environmentally Compatible Land Use Zoning in a Representative Power Grade Coalfield in India: A Multi-Criteria Optimization Approach
- Pathogenesis, Assessment and Diagnostics of Respiratory Disorders in Coal Miners
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and its Determinants in Survivors after Coal Mining Disaster
- Index.
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