There are few places in the developed world particularly where the coal industry does not feel that it faces major challenges. Climate change, safety and a variety of other environmental.issues are just some of the concerns. In many cases these concerns are justified, and certainly in the developing world much more needs to be d…
During the last few decades coal chemistry and coal petrology have developed as special fields of research, of equal importance from both the scientific and practical viewpoints. Until the nineteen twenties coal chemists used to examine coal as a whole. However, after coal petrographers had. discovered tha…
This book provides a thorough, up-to-date overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites. It deals comprehensively with sulfidic mine wastes, mine water, tailings, cyanidation wastes, of gold-silver ores, radioactive wastes of uranium ores, and wastes of phosphate and potash ores. The book emphasizes the characterization, prediction, mnitoring, dispo…