Highlights•Coal gangue has been applied in building material, energy, agriculture and other
industries.•Negative environmental problems cannot be ignored in the utilization of coal …

Backfilling technology is not always used by mining enterprises, which is conditioned by
technological and economic factors, such as the need for high mining rates and costs for the …

Purpose. Determination of the granulometric characteristics and loosening coefficient of
mine rocks formed during stope operations from undercutting the bottom rocks as a potential …

China has the largest coal production in the world due to abundant resource requirements
for economic development. In recent years, the proportion of opencast coal mine production …

A new quantitative index to analyse the corporate social responsibility (CSR) level of mine
sites was developed, providing an easy and friendly tool to analyse and apply a continuous …

The problem of mining low-thickness coal seams in the Western Donbas is described in the
article. Technological, economic and environmental reasons reducing the effectiveness of …

The three-point bending test was performed on cemented tailing backfill prepared with
different offset notches by a loading system with high-speed camera. And the effect of …

According to this study's findings, slope stability problems in open-pit coal mines can be
avoided, and mine wall collapse can be effectively mitigated by the use of cut-and-backfill …

Nearly 40% of the worldwide electricity generated comes from coal; therefore, coal will
remain a crucial contributor to the global security of energy supply in the following decades …

Solid waste backfilling techniques are widely employed in the coal mining industry and the
pressure propagation characteristics of solid waste backfilling materials are important …