Spatial and temporal convergence of provincial coal mine safety accidents and production and their influencing factors: Data from 23 coal-producing provinces in …

H Yinnan, Q Ruxiang, W Bangjun - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
As a high-risk industry, coal mine safety accidents can create significant loss of life and
property to the nation and its people. In this work, a nonlinear time-varying factor model was …

Application of an optimized PSO-BP neural network to the assessment and prediction of underground coal mine safety risk factors

DM Mulumba, J Liu, J Hao, Y Zheng, H Liu - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coal has played an important role in the economies of many countries worldwide, which has
resulted in increased surface and underground mining in countries with large coal reserves …

Prevention and suppression of coal dust explosion in underground coal mines: Role of rock dust type, particle size, proportion, concentration, and thermal properties

A Sahu, DP Mishra - Advanced Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Rock dust inertant is commonly used for prevention and suppression of coal dust explosion
in underground coal mines. The effects of rock dust type, proportion, particle size, thermal …

Mining and indigenous communities in Southeast Asia: Examining the social impact of mineral development

N Huang, L Ge - The Extractive Industries and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Concerns have been expressed concerning the social effect of mining operations on
indigenous people in Southeast Asia, calling for a closer look at the matter. This study …

Risk assessment of coal dust explosions in coal mines using a combined fuzzy risk matrix and Pareto analysis approach

N Kursunoglu - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2023 - Springer
Despite being crucial for meeting the world's energy demands, coal mining operations
present considerable health risks, especially when it comes to exposure to coal dust …

Fatal Accident Analysis and Hazard Identification in Turkish Coal-Extracting Industry Using Analytic Hierarchy Process

AE Dursun - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2024 - Springer
The aim of this study is to present hazard classifications of location, type, and causes of
accidents in Turkish coal-extracting industries using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). In …

An assessment of different line-of-sight and ground velocity distributions for a comprehensive understanding of ground deformation patterns in East Jharia coalfield

AK Thakur, RD Garg, K Jain - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Jharia Coalfield is one of the oldest and most crucial mining regions. It faces ongoing
challenges with land surface deformation due to mining operations and coal seam fires …

Numerical Analysis of Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Degassing in Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump using RNG Turbulence Model

A Kumar, M Danish, SJ Sarma - Vacuum, 2025 - Elsevier
Liquid ring vacuum (LRV) pumps are frequently employed in coal mine industries due to
isothermal compression of the processing gas. The natural gases entrapped in the mines …

Numerical study of the effect of overburden pressure on the stability of mine dump slope

ESCK Rudra, BB Pradhan, R Rai, A Ray - Sādhanā, 2024 - Springer
The stability of an overburdened mine dump is a significant challenge due to limited space
and increasing mineral demand. Stability analysis often assumes uniform shear strength …

'Dancing in the halls of the rich'? Fatal mine explosions and pro-employer bias in the UK mining inspectorate, 1870-1900

J Singleton, J Reveley - Labor History, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Did government mines inspectors in late Victorian Britain display overt bias towards
employers when assigning blame for fatal underground explosions? Inspectors were closer …