• resulting in fatalities. Outbursts may range in severity from being barely noticeable, to causing the destruction of an entire mining panel, and throwing pieces...
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  • Outburst (mining), the sudden and violent ejection of coal, gas and rock from a coal face and surrounding strata in an underground coal mine Outbursts (album)...
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    close to the face as possible. Outburst (mining) Coal mine bump Gibowicz, Sławomir J. (1994). An introduction to mining seismology. Academic Press. p. 1...
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    vehicle collisions; underground mining hazards include suffocation, gas poisoning, roof collapse, rock burst, outbursts, and gas explosions.[citation needed]...
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  • The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years, with early mines documented in ancient China, the Roman Empire and other early historical economies...
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    Coal mining in the United Kingdom dates back to Roman times and occurred in many different parts of the country. Britain's coalfields are associated with...
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  • Guizhou Water & Mining Group (贵州水矿集团). The coal and gas outburst occurred on March 12, 2013 at about 20:00 local time. At the time of the outburst, there were...
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    India is the second largest producer and consumer of coal after China, mining 777.31 million metric tons (856.84 million short tons) in FY 2022. Around...
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    the mining of anthracite coal in 1995. Most of the mining as of that date involved reclaiming coal from slag heaps (waste piles from past coal mining) at...
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    land use, waste management, water and air pollution, caused by the coal mining, processing and the use of its products. In addition to atmospheric pollution...
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  • Coal mining regions are significant resource extraction industries in many parts of the world. They provide a large amount of the fossil fuel energy in...
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    Coal mining is an industry in transition in the United States. Production in 2019 was down 40% from the peak production of 1,171.8 million short tons (1...
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    The Yuanyang colliery outburst occurred at the privately run Yuanyang colliery in Puding County, Anshun, Guizhou, People's Republic of China, at 9:40 p...
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    coal. While only employing 50,000 mining jobs nationally coal provides a rich revenue stream for governments. Coal mining in Australia has been criticized...
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    mines. The coal mining industry employs almost 2.7 million workers. More accidents occur during underground mining than surface mining. Not all countries...
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  • This is a partial glossary of coal mining terminology commonly used in the coalfields of the United Kingdom. Some words were in use throughout the coalfields...
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  • colliery outburst at Puding County, People's Republic of China (May 13) Zonguldak mine disaster at Zonguldak Province in Turkey (May 17) Copiapó mining accident...
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    was tortured and killed, allegedly by Bolivian cooperative miners. This outburst of violence has led to clashes between cooperative miners and the police...
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    encourages mining lignite for coal-fired power stations in order to reduce gas imports; and coal supplies over 40% of domestic energy production. Mining peaked...
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  • The coal industry generates CDN$5 billion annually. Most of Canada's coal mining occurs in the West of the country. British Columbia operates 9 coal mines...
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  • This is a list of coal mining accidents in China. On April 26, 1942, a gas and coal-dust explosion in Benxihu Colliery killed 1,549 miners, making it the...
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    Coal mining has historically been an important industry in Ukraine. Coal mining in Ukraine is often associated with coal-rich Donets basin. However this...
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    pace has become faster and more extensive in modern times, triggered by mining. Coal fires are a serious health and safety hazard, affecting the environment...
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    was generated from coal, and there was 40GW of installed capacity. Coal mining is damaging health and the environment. Some greenhouse gas emissions by...
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    coal (thermal coal) used for heating and power generation. Within the coal mining industry, this type of coal is known for releasing the largest amounts of...
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  • rock. Because of the brittle nature of coal, coal dust can be created by mining, transporting, or mechanically handling it. Grinding or pulverizing coal...
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    Environmental issues in Appalachia (category Coal mining in Appalachia)
    incidents of environmental harm such as environmental disasters related to mining. A mountainous area with significant coal deposits, many environmental issues...
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    of coal mining terminology Abercarn colliery disaster Coalbed methane Darr Mine Disaster Gresford Disaster Maypole Colliery disaster Mining accident...
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    Africa Energy Coal, Sasol Mining, Glencore Xstrata, and Exxaro . Open-pit mining account for roughly half of South African coal mining operations, the other...
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    petroleum industry toxic heavy metals Firedamp Hydrosulfuric acid Outbursts Problems in coal mining Whitedamp Related articles Carbon bubble Carboniferous Coal...
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