Coal has been a major global resource for at least the past 250 years. The major waste
product of coal mining is waste rock, which is stored in dumps of various sizes. Although the …

Minerals are valuable resources gifted to man from the Mother Earth and quite often they
need to be dug out from deep down with much effort to utilize them in many of our …

The recent candidate detection of∼ 1 ppb of phosphine in the middle atmosphere of Venus
is so unexpected that it requires an exhaustive search for explanations of its origin …

This study aims to provide numerous environmental research approaches to understand the
formation of mineral and organic mercury compounds in self-heating coal waste dumps of …

Both unburning and burning coal mine dumps present serious hazards to the natural
environment and human health. Bituminous coal has been produced in the Czech part of the …

The study presents research on the unusual appearance of purple-colored organic minerals,
ravatite (phenanthrene) and freitalite (anthracene), occurring in the migrating front wall of a …

The self-heating of coal waste dumps is considered as a serious environmental issue,
wherever active or inactive coal mining has been present. This issue is introduced from two …

Underground coal fires can increase surface temperature, cause surface cracks and
collapse, and release poisonous and harmful gases, which significantly harm the ecological …

Dump fires are a significant environmental problem in post-mining areas. The TEXMIN
project has shown that climate change could lead to more extreme weather events in the …

Organic phases in the waters of permanent-and temporary reservoirs located on and near
coal-waste dumps in Upper-and Lower Silesia, Poland, include recent compounds of …