Latin America's role in coal extraction and use

Coal production and electricity generation from the mineral are concentrated in the state of Coahuila, where 99 percent of Mexico's coal is mined in just five municipalities. The …

The five largest coal mines in operation in Mexico

There are more than 3025 coal mines in operation globally, of which 6 are in Mexico, according to GlobalData's mines and projects database. The following are the five largest coal mines by production in Mexico in 2023, according to GlobalData's mining …

Five largest coal mines in Mexico in 2020

the MPF. Mexico should focus on the following priorities for improvement: • There is a lack of nationwide mining policy and planning for the development of the sector; the mining …

Evaluation of carbon dioxide geological sequestration potential in coal

The evaluation method is a primarily fuzzy comprehensive evaluation based on an analytical hierarchy process (Li et al., 2010; Wei et al., ... Therefore, the mining area's coal recovery rate, mine recovery rate, and the residual coal reserves of the producing coal reserves are 84.87%, 68.79%, and 251.97 million tons, respectively.

Characteristics of Water Hazards in China's Coal Mines: A …

The Yinshan, Helan Mountain, Kunlun-Qinling, and Sichuan-Yunnan tectonic belts make the mining conditions of China's coal seams different. Moreover, the geological and hydrogeological conditions of the mines are also different, forming six major water hazard regions (Wang 2012): (1) the Carboniferous-Permian coalfields of north China, …

Mining Laws and Regulations Report 2024 Mexico

The Mexican Mining Law, its Regulation (collectively, the "Mining Law") and Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution regulate mining issues; in particular, the …

Automatic identification of mining-induced subsidence …

Underground mining has the potential to trigger wide-area surface subsidence, and it is crucial to identify and investigate mining-induced subsidence to reduce potential damages. In recent years, the development of remote sensing and deep learning has brought a novel direction to the automatic identification of mining-induced …

New Mexico Tells New Mexico History | History: Mining

Coal resources underlie 12% (14.6 million acres) of the state's total area. Most of the coal is in northern New Mexico, primarily in the San Juan and Raton basins. Several minor coal fields outside these basins have had significant production in the past, and some may become important in the future, in particular for coalbed methane production.

Changes of SOC Content in China's Shendong Coal Mining Area …

Coal mining, an important human activity, disturbs soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation and decomposition, eventually affecting terrestrial carbon cycling and the sustainability of human society. However, changes of SOC content and their relation with influential factors in coal mining areas remained unclear. In the study, predictive …

Coal Mining Towns of the Vermejo Park Ranch, New Mexico

As the coal business declined, so did the mercantiles, and the company was dissolved on November 30, 1935. With coal veins from 4.5-12 feet thick along the hillsides and canyons, Colfax County produced 74.8% of all coal mined in New Mexico Territory by 1909. The coal mines collectively employed 3,563 miners in 1911.

An Overview of Soil Pollution and Remediation Strategies in Coal Mining

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 benefits and drawbacks. Surface coal mining can have a variety of environmental impacts including ecosystem losses, landscape alteration, soil …

Coal Mining and Production

Surface mining (t/1000t coal produced) Underground mining (t/1000t coal produced) Mining Techniques Contour Area Conventional Longwall Liquid effluents 0.24 1.2 1 1.6 Solid waste 10 10 3 5 Dust 0.1 0.06 0.006 0.01 Source: Based on Edgar, 1983 * (Note: Local conditions will form the basis for choosing the appropriate mining method)

Coal's legacy in Appalachia: Lands, waters, and people

3.1. Underground Mining. Typical underground mining operations begin either by clearing a section along the hillside where the coal outcrops or by tunneling downward to reach subsurface coal (Skousen and Zipper, 2021).Room-and-pillar mines progress by excavating linear channels into the coal seam and connecting the channels …

Coal Mining: How Is Coal Mined?

Surface mining and underground mining are the two major schools of coal mining. To qualify for surface mining, the coal deposits must be within 50-80 meters of the surface. The job of a miner primarily involves removing 'overburden'— rock, soil, trees etc. – that mix with the coal deposits and cover them near the earth's surface.

Coal explained Mining and transportation of coal

Mining coal. Coal miners use large machines to remove coal from the earth. Many U.S. coal deposits, called coal beds or seams, are near the earth's surface, but others are deep underground.Modern mining methods allow U.S. coal miners to easily reach most of the nation's coal reserves and to produce about three times more coal in …

New Mexico State Energy Profile

The San Juan Basin is the state's largest coal-bearing region and the only area currently being mined. 69,70 In 2023, New Mexico's coal production from its three active mines was just under 8 million tons, equal to about 1% of U.S. total coal production and down almost two-thirds from the state's coal output a decade earlier. 71,72,73 All of ...

Metal mining and natural protected areas in Mexico: …

A total of 24,748 mining concessions was found assigned until 2010. The surface for the concessions in the country ranged from 1 m 2 to 315.114 ha; 89% of total were minor concessions with less than 1000 ha (average = 1085 ha, median = 96 ha, mode = 100 ha); 1609 of the concessions match 1,486,433 ha of federal protected areas, …

Does a decrease in microbial biomass alter mycorrhizal attributes …

Does a decrease in microbial biomass alter mycorrhizal attributes and soil quality indicators in coal mining areas under revegetation process? Sci Total Environ . 2022 Jan 1;802:149843. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149843.

Special Issue "Process Safety in Coal Mining"

This Special Issue of Processes, titled "Process Safety in Coal Mining", collects the latest work of the main researchers in this field, covering the theory and technology behind coal mine disaster prevention and control, safety management and control in the process of coal mining, mineral processing and green-mining …

Mexico and coal

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports that Mexico produced 11.9 Mt of coal in 2007, which was an increase of 9% compared with production in 2006. [1] In 2008, Mexico …

Air Pollution Emissions 2008–2018 from Australian Coal Mining

Coal dust is a fine powder that forms during the mining process and from grinding and crushing of coal. The size distribution and chemical composition of coal dust particles are highly complex. ... Air monitoring stations in coal mining areas are scarce; in Queensland and New South Wales, for example, there are 19 such monitors compared …

A brief review paper on mining subsidence and its geo …

The data shows that in India the open cast coal mining has dictate very much of 93.26%, nevertheless only 6.74% are underground mines. Apart from India 60% of the other countries have their underground coal extraction. In India the coal production is continuously declining due to the heavy extraction of coal on near-surface by open cast …

(PDF) Ecological Management and Land Rehabilitation in Mining Areas …

serious problem is the large area of ground collapse caused by coal mining (coal subsid- ence area). Studies have shown that mining millions of tons o f coal will result in 0.03–0.05

Differential Response of Soil Microbial Community Structure in Coal …

Micro-organisms play important roles in promoting soil ecosystem restoration, but much of the current research has been limited to changes in microbial community structure in general, and little is known regarding the more sensitive and indicative microbial structures or the responses of microbial diversity to environmental …

Mexico

Mexico is a large exporter of mining products, with a trade surplus of USD 12.8 billion in 2022. Mexican exports of minerals and ores to the world totaled USD 17.6 …

Environmental impact and health risk assessment due to coal mining …

The adsorption process is influenced by factors like initial ion concentration, contact time, and pH. The Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic model best describe the adsorption behavior. ... and 13C analysis to reveal the sources and contributions of dissolved inorganic carbon in the groundwater of coal mining areas, in …

A dangerous form of coal mining is revived in Mexico, …

Aug. 29, 2022 2:45 PM PT. MEXICO CITY —. As hopes faded of rescuing 10 men trapped in a flooded Mexican coal mine, evidence mounted that the current administration's …

Planning applications and Coal Mining Risk Assessments

If your site is in the Development High Risk Area, for most forms of development you must submit a Coal Mining Risk Assessment to your Local Planning Authority. Planning applications and Coal ...

Navajo Mine | A Navajo Transitional Energy Company Strategic Asset

Many workers live in the local area, but others commute as long as two hours each way to be a part of Navajo Mine's workforce. Since acquiring the mine in 2013, NTEC has significantly increased the scope and pace of reclamation to eliminate a backlog from prior operations. NTEC has also implemented new surface mining techniques.

Learn About Wyoming Coal Mining.

Mining & Processing. Coal in Wyoming is uncovered and removed by large machines in a process called surface mining. Before the coal can be removed from the ground, the topsoil and dirt above it is removed using scrapers. This soil is usually removed ahead of the pit and carried behind to place on top of reclaimed areas or backfill.

Coal mining

Coal mining - Prospecting, Exploration, Mining: The fundamental objective of coal prospecting is to discover coal resources through a search. In areas where coal mining has not been previously practiced, the search process should result in obtaining coal samples that give reasonable evidence of the existence of a coal seam. Once a seam …

Efforts intensify to reach 10 trapped coal miners in Mexico

SABINAS, Mexico — Efforts to rescue 10 miners trapped in a collapsed and flooded coal mine in northern Mexico intensified Thursday with hundreds of people involved in the operation, authorities ...

Energies | Free Full-Text | Application of 3D …

Nowadays designing of selected areas of mines underground workings can be effectively improved by the application of computer techniques: 3D scanning, computer simulations and Virtual …

Water Resources Utilization and Protection in the Coal Mining Area …

These methods have been widely applied for mine water utilization in coal mines in northern China 23,24,25,26, including water conservation mining in Shennan Mining Area, Shaanxi 27, underground ...

Integrated assessment for groundwater quality and flood …

Coal mining activities greatly damage water resources, explicitly concerning water quality. The adverse effects of coal mining and potential routes for contaminants to migrate, either through surface water or infiltration, into the groundwater table. Dealing with pollution from coal mining operations is a significant surface water contamination …

Phytoremediation of abandoned mining areas for land …

The byproducts of coal production and mining activities get deposited in open-air tailing ponds and are generally referred as mine tailings (Babel et al., 2016).These tailings consist of a mixture of fine particles, sand, heavy metals, and water (Santibañez et al., 2012).Mine tailing discharges lead to degradation of land and deterioration of air as …

Accident in Mexican coal mine is reminder of the urgency to …

The coalfields of the Sabinas basin have been mined since 1884 and 95% of México's coal is found in this steel producing region. Mining disasters occur here with …

Delimiting supervision zones to inform the revision of land …

The specific study area includes the Anjialing and Antaibao mines. There are four main land use types at the reclaimed dumping site: arbor land, shrub land, arbor-shrub land, and grassland (Fig. 2).The Antaibao mine is one of the largest and most modernized coal production bases in China (Bai et al., 2018).The mining area includes five large …