"Before, when we went to the riverbank, we felt the beautiful view and nature … Now, there is a lot of gold mining waste, stones, and [mining] pits," said a resident of Ubyit village, near the Kachin capital, …
PM 2.5 is derived from common sources of atmospheric pollution, such as automotive vehicles, mining operations, biomass burning, and industrial emissions …
Methane emissions from coal mining are well studied and expected to reach approximately 784 Mt of CO 2-equivalent (CO 2 e) by 2030 1.However, since coal …
2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect …
How Coal Mining and Years of Neglect Left Kentucky Towns at the Mercy of Flooding. The region, one of the poorest in the country, is full of modest, unprotected homes and decaying infrastructure.
Burning of coal and vehicular movements produce a lot of gaseous pollutants, which not only cause pollution problems in the washery premises but also in surrounding areas. 10.1.2.2. Mine Fires. Coal mine fire is devouring coal seams in major coal-producing countries including China, the United States, India, and Indonesia.
How to balance the mining demands of the green transition with the industry's social and environmental implications is one of the many topics of discussion at the ongoing COP28 climate conference ...
The Alabama Surface Mining Commission is the primary regulatory authority for Surface and Underground Coal Mining Operations for the State of Alabama under the Federal Surface Mining Control and …
Note that the release of Hg vapor from the burning of Hg–gold amalgams regularly occurs within this mining zone, at both the Boca Colorado and Laberinto sites, though exact locations and number ...
Another example is the provincial-level initiative in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. Shanxi Province is the major coal-mining and coal-burning region. Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, has, in the past, been counted as one of the world's worst cities for air quality.
Coal power generation is a primary cause of greenhouse gas (GHG) and toxic airborne emissions globally. We present a uniquely comprehensive inventory of CO2, methane, particulate matter, sulfur ...
This study investigates the effects of coal mining on environmental sustainability in South Africa in relation to the moderating role of institutions. To achieve the study's objectives, the fully modified least square (FMOLS), dynamic least squares (DOLS), canonical cointegrating regression (CCR), Bayer-Hanck cointegration and Toda …
1. Introduction. Coal is a major source of air pollution and harms public health. Many studies have examined the impact of burning coal (Cesur et al., 2017, …
Urban mining might be a useful solution to tackle some of these undesired effects of REE mining and discharge (Ongondo et al., 2016, Sun et al., 2016). Besides, unlike the primary REE ores, REE recyclates do not contain radioactive substances, implying that health problems can be partially avoided by means of recycling ( …
Coal is a black or brownish-black sedimentary rock that can be burned for fuel and used to generate electricity.It is composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons, which contain energy that can be released through combustion (burning). Coal is the largest source of energy for generating electricity in the world, and the most abundant …
The InSAR techniques have been used by many studies in the investigation of coal mine subsidence (Ge et al., 2007, Dong et al., 2013, ... shows a distribution of thermal anomalies related to underground coal mining burning areas. Upon the carefully established 44 cloud free Landsat-8 LST time series for the periods 2017–2020, ...
The estimated peak supersaturation of 0.034% is in line with values reported in Europe (Boutle et al., 2018; Hammer et al., 2014; Mazoyer et al., 2019), China (Shen et al., 2018), and North America (Wainwright et al., 2021), further confirming the low supersaturation characteristics of fogs globally.
The geochemical composition of unburned and burned/burning coal waste piles from past mining activities in El Bierzo Coalfield (NW Spain) was determined for the comprehensive characterization of ...
Alabama has 3,536 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Alabama mines are Iron, Aluminum, and Gold .At the time these mines were surveyed, 2,308 …
Each phase of coal's lifecycle (mining, disposal of contaminated water and tailings, transportation, washing, combustion, and disposing of postcombustion wastes) produces pollutants that affect human health. Communities in which coalmining or burning occurs have been shown to suffer significant health impacts. The health and climate …
As the region's industrial base grew, skilled and unskilled workers migrated to the mines and furnaces of north-central Alabama. The 1890 Census identified …
Despite the trend of a transition to "clean" energy, the coal industry still plays a significant role in the global economy. The constant need for raw materials and energy for production leads to an environmental crisis—an increase in the content of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, especially in the mining regions. The purpose of this study …
Globally, the coal mining industry alone employs about 8 million people and creates revenues of more than US$900 billion a year 2. While growth in coal …
The burning coal seam could be seen clearly with the naked eyes at night. c A thermal infrared camera image is superimposed on an optical photograph to show the temperature of the actively burning surface coal mine fire (1000 K). Due to the fragility of the landscape, the temperature was measured from a distance of more than 10 m.
Introduction. The exposure of humans to external gamma ray from geo-resources is a continuing and inescapable feature of living beings in the world given that natural radionuclides are ubiquitous and widely distributed at different trace levels in various geological samples (Bunzl et al., 1984; Siegel and Bryan, 2014; Alazemi et al., 2016; …
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Werner, T. T. et al. Global-scale remote sensing of mine areas and analysis of factors explaining their extent. Glob. Environ. Change 60, 102007 (2020). Google Scholar
Coal exploration and burning activities are among the activities with the greatest potential to cause atmospheric pollution due to the combustion process of this mineral and the consequent release of particles that, in significant quantities, can pose a potential health risk, mainly respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The Candiota …
ASGMs use shaft mining to excavate their ore, digging narrow tunnels along gold-rich quartz veins that extend as deep as 50 meters into the earth's crust. Shafts are dug primarily using hand tools, sometimes with the aid of explosives. Shaft mining is employed by ASGM's as a cost-effective way of exploiting shallow high-grade deposits.
Environmental Impacts. Acid mine drainage (AMD) refers to the outflow of acidic water from coal mines or metal mines, often abandoned mines where ore- or coal mining activities have exposed rocks containing the sulphur-bearing mineral pyrite. Pyrite reacts with air and water to form sulphuric acid and dissolved iron, and as water washes through mines, …