Recent developments in smart mining technology have enabled the production, collection,
and sharing of a large amount of data in real time. Therefore, research employing machine …

The area used for mineral extraction is a key indicator for understanding and mitigating the
environmental impacts caused by the extractive sector. To date, worldwide data products on …

The development of coal resources is necessary, but it has a huge negative impact on land,
ecology, and the environment. With the increasing awareness of environmental protection …

The large-scale development and utilization of coal resources have brought great
challenges to the ecological environment of coal-mining areas. Therefore, this paper has …

Abstract Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) maps are vital prerequisites for weather
prediction models. This study proposes a framework to generate LULC maps based on the …

The global use of mineral resources has increased exponentially for decades and will
continue to grow for the foreseeable future, resulting in increasingly negative impacts on the …

Coal, as a traditional energy source, has made remarkable contributions to global economic
development. However, surface coal mining brings a series of eco-environmental problems …

Classification and monitoring of surface mining areas have various research challenges.
Surface mining produces various land classes such as, quarry, dump, overburden dump …

Opencast iron mine and mine solid waste (OIM-MSW) are closely associated with a wide
range of environmental issues, such as destroying soil structure, affecting air quality, and …

Coal seam fire (CSF) affects various social, economical, and environmental aspects. Surface
and sub-surface CSF are detected in the past by studying the anomalies of land surface …