Results 221 to 230 of about 8,295 (264)

Fires in Abandoned Coal Mines

Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 1990
Mine fires occur on abandoned mine lands throughout the U. S. coal fields. They threaten the health and safety of the local populations and consume a non-renewable natural resource. In general, mine fires are the most costly abandoned mine lands problem to mitigate. In active mines, fires are quickly extinguished by the mining company as they present a
S. R. MICHALSKI, L. J. WINSCHEL, R. E. GRAY   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Abandonment of Mine Tailings Ponds

Canadian Water Resources Journal, 1986
In response to growing concern about the long-term environmental impact of abandoned mines and their tailing ponds, regulating authorities are beginning to request that abandonment plans be submitted with license applications. This paper suggests criteria that such plans should meet and emphasizes the need to ensure that adequate funding will be ...
openaire   +1 more source

Primary Pulmonary Epidemic Histoplasmosis in an Abandoned Mine

Mycoses, 2009
Summary Primary pulmonary histoplasmosis in Mexico is distributed throughout the country, although the agent: Histoplasma capsulation principally is restricted to caves, abandoned mines and houses, where bat guano is found. This agent has caused several epidemic outbreaks, characterized by clinical severity and elevated lethality.
O, Velasco-Castrejón, A, González-Ochoa   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Reclamation of Abandoned Mine Site

Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division, 1979
The reclamation of the abandoned underground mine at Nokomis-Coalton, Ill., provided data on the cost of reclaiming certain mined lands using conventional equipment, techniques, and manpower.
openaire   +1 more source

Renewable energy in China’s abandoned mines

Science, 2023
Gang, Lin, Yanan, Zhao, Jingying, Fu, Dong, Jiang   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Carbon Dioxide Storage in Abandoned Coal Mines

2009
Abstract This study provides a conceptual approach to sorptive CO 2storage from a pure CO 2or flue-gas stream in abandoned coal mines. Two integrated concepts were considered: (1) CO 2storage on residual coal, organic matter, and bed rock (e.g., shale) in goaf areas and damage zones of abandoned coal mines and (2) a joint deposition ...
Busch, A., Kempka, T., Waschbüsch, M., Fernandez-Steeger, T., Schlüter, R., Krooss, B.   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Abandoned Mine Shaft

2020
Bill McHenry, Jim McHenry
openaire   +1 more source

Utilization of resources in abandoned coal mines for carbon neutrality

Science of the Total Environment, 2022
Ke Yang, Xin Lyu
exaly  

Abandoned mines: the scars of the past

2019
Global Challenges ; No.
openaire   +1 more source

Review: Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in Abandoned Coal Mines of Shanxi, China

Water (Switzerland), 2021
Yongxin Xu, yongbo Zhang
exaly