Opencast coal mining has a series of consequences on land resources and places
enormous pressure on the ecological environment. Stripping, excavation, transportation and …

Coal mining is an economy activity that extract coal from underground. The land use after
the mining operation ceased must be properly planned to mitigate the loss of employment …

Many forested landscapes around the world are severely altered during mining for their rich
mineral and energy reserves. Herein we provide an overview of the challenges inherent in …

Cultivation of the bioenergy and bioproduct crop Miscanthus x giganteus (Miscanthus) on
marginal lands (including those that are anthropogenically damaged) is attractive due to the …

The primary solid waste product of surface coal mining is overburden (also known as spoil),
the material that is moved to access the underlying coal seams. Once removed, this material …

This paper investigates the potential of using gravity energy storage with suspended weights
as a new technology for redeveloping abandoned deep mine shafts. The technology has …

The mining industry has been operating across the globe for millennia, but it is only in the
last 50 years that remote sensing technology has enabled the visualization, mapping and …

Mine life is limited to mineable reserve, but economic, social and environmental factors can
make mine life shorter than what is expected. Mine closure is associated with adverse on …

Surface lignite mines of the Balkan Peninsula face growing pressure due to the CO2
emissions reduction initiatives, rapidly increasing renewable-power capacity, and cheap …

Coal remains a very important source of energy for the global economy. Surface and
underground coal mining are the two major methods of coal extraction, and both have …