The close coordination of coal mining and environment governance is of great significance for the sustainable development of China's mining industry ( Shi, 2012; Nurmi, 2017 ).
Sustainability is at the heart of contemporary coal mining operations. The adoption of eco-friendly mining practices and technologies is crucial in minimising the industry's environmental footprint.
The United Nation's 'race to zero' pledge to cut carbon emissions to zero by 2050, enthusiastically adopted by government and industry alike, further demands a …
The idea of green mining was proposed as a practical approach to make the mining industry more sustainable than before. Green mining is a contemporary mining model centered on the sustainability of resources, environment, and socio-economic benefits. Its purpose is to develop and apply technologies and processes that increase …
The optimal management technique has been widely used in many fields, such as engineering management and decision-making 30,31, and it has been applied for water resources management in coal mines ...
Coal mining provides more than seven million jobs worldwide and in 2010 the industry invested more than US$7 billion in capital ... Coal – Energy for Sustainable Development 4 In 1992 the first Rio Conference took place. But after twenty years of action to Todayaddress the challenges of sustainable development, billions of people across the ...
As water experts warn of a serious global water shortage coinciding with climate change, sustainable water management within the mining industry will be critical. There is already evidence of a growing awareness of the need for water sustainability within organizations in the mining industry. ... "Water Management in Mining: A …
Phasing out coal requires expanding the notion of a 'just transition' and a roadmap that specifies the sequence of coal plant retirement, the appropriate policy …
Best Practice Guidance for Effective Management of Coal Mine Methane at National Level: Monitoring, Reporting, Verification and Mitigation. UNECE Group of Experts on …
The coal fed Japan's growing steel industry, and in the decades of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, change was afoot. Switching from a majority of underground to open-cut mines in New South Wales and ...
Financial gains. In addition to a reduced environmental impact, mining firms can find the unexpected benefit of financial gains from improved sustainability. Though green policies can seem costly, they actually help to give a company a competitive edge. Plus the ability to recycle and reduce waste has clear links to an improved bottom line.
Two of the four most significant minerals in South Africa's commodity footprint are at risk of reduced demand in the future: thermal coal and platinum group metals (PGM—platinum, palladium, rhodium). In terms of sales volume, thermal coal and PGMs are the largest mining sectors in South Africa, accounting for ~50% of total sales in …
Daniel B. Parvaz. Scientific Reports (2022) The green energy revolution is heavily reliant on raw materials, such as cobalt and lithium, which are currently mainly sourced by mining. We must ...
Surface mining activities lead to deforestation, displacement of topsoil and overburden rocks, and disposal of huge amounts of waste that depletes ecosystem services. We attempt to summarize the recent advance in the restoration of mine degraded lands and their role in the sustainable management of the post‐mining ecosystem.
UNECE Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition striving to help countries with lowering the carbon footprint of their coal industries developed in partnership with the Global Methane Initiative (GMI) the Best Practice Guidance for Effective Management of Coal Mine Methane at National Level: Monitoring, Reporting, …
The high-intensity mining area (previously mined area of Ili No.4 Coal Mine) has the worst ecological environment quality, followed by the coal reserve area of Ili No.4 Coal Mine and the planned ...
With the above goals in forefront, Ministry of Coal has established 'Sustainable Development Cell (SDC)' in December 2019 to promote environmentally sustainable coal mining in the country and to address concerns during mining operation and till the decommissioning or final closure of mines. This move gains more importance as new …
Therefore, it is estimated that the annual production of coal mining waste is about 315 million tonnes for underground coal mining since 2007, which accounts for a quarter of the total industrial solid waste. There are about 4.5 billion tonnes of coal mining wastes stockpiled at 1700 waste dumps, occupying 15,000 ha lands (Bian et al., 2009).
4.0 Environmental Sustainability Management In order to achieve environmental sustainability, the following is a brief explanation of the environmental protection …
The mining industry has only just begun to set emission-reduction goals. Current targets published by mining companies range from 0 to 30 percent by 2030, far below the Paris Agreement goals. 2 Limiting climate change will require a significant reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions between 2010 and 2050: a 41 to 72 percent …
1. INTRODUCTION The importance of sustainable development principles has been increasing within the mining sector over the past two decades. Early work fo-cused mainly on mining metals and commodi-ties other than coal and energy fuels. Because sustainability, however, is an important consid-eration for all human …
Coal – Energy for Sustainable Development. Contents. 3 Key messages. 4 Part 1: The global energy challenge. 10 Part 2: Coal and clean energy. 18 Part 3: Coal and …
The global mining waste management market is estimated to grow from $172.60bn in 2021 to $208.33bn in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate of 2.7%. The market for mining waste management divides waste into two types, solid and liquid wastes. The Asia Pacific region produced the largest amount of mining waste, producing …
According to the model of product life cycles, the global coal mining industry is in the stagnation phase. The coal demand of the main consumer, China, has peaked in 2013 and is slowly declining. The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, has excluded coal-related companies for ethical reasons. Important players like the UN or the EU have …
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WEBIn this compendium of over fifty case studies, the coal industry demonstrates that practical progress is being made in many areas: communities and people; resource stewardship …
This book identifies the impact of internal and external stakeholders on the implementation of sustainable development policies in the coal mining sector in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The book assesses what activities and conditions need to be improved so that sustainable development policies can be more effectively …
Abstract. Mining and mineral-processing wastes are one of the world's largest chronic waste concerns. Their reuse should be included in future sustainable development plans, but the potential impacts on a number of environmental processes are highly variable and must be thoroughly assessed. The chemical composition and …
A num-ber of global coal mining companies have em-braced sustainability as a key aspect of corpo-rate philosophy. Continued production of minerals and fossil …
China's coal supply sustainability level has improved significantly, with the figure nearly doubling from 0.338 in 2000 to 0.7004 in 2019. ... After 2010, more in-depth research on risk management and the social impact on the process of coal mining was done. Risk management and accident prevention in coal mining became the foremost …
Aiming the position of coal in China's energy,and the effect of huge production capacity and industry negative externality on environment and safety,the connotation of sustainable mining and the requirements in management,technological and economic to achieve sustainable mining were fully expounded,and put forward the conditions of achieving …
The ongoing shift from traditional coal mining to sustainably mined coal in 2024 and beyond will "witness remarkable advancements" in new coal mining methods, driven by innovative...
This paper reviews the extent to which reforestation and sustainable land management practices that employed to enhance ecosystem carbon pool and atmospheric CO 2 sequestration capacity to offset CO 2 emission and SOC (soil organic carbon) losses, as consequences of coal mining, to partially mitigate global climate crisis. Moreover, …
Recognizing the importance of bringing sustainability in coal mining, Sustainable Development Cells (SDC) have also been established in all Coal/Lignite PSUs with following objectives to improve the overall image of coal sector in the country: ... Mine water management; Collection of data regarding present quantity, quality, surface runoff ...
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 fossil fuel …
