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Kristina Lindbergh and Barry Provorse, Coal—A Contemporary Energy Story, rev. ed. (1980), provides nontechnical information on coal geology, mining, transportation, and utilization. Roy D. Merritt, Coal Exploration, Mine Planning, and Development (1986), offers details on geology and exploration. All aspects of mining engineering, including coal mining, are discussed in Howard L. Hartman, Introductory Mining Engineering (1987); Howard L. Hartman (ed.), SME Mining Engineering Handbook, 2nd ed., 2 vol. (1992); and Bruce A. Kennedy (ed.), Surface Mining, 2nd ed. (1990). Robert Stefanko, Coal Mining Technology: Theory and Practice (1983), is a standard reference for underground coal-mine operating practices in the United States. P.T. Luckie, “Coal Preparation,” ch. 6 in Shymal K. Majumdar and E. Willard Miller (eds.), Pennsylvania Coal: Resources, Technology, and Utilization (1983), is a readable, well-illustrated, nontechnical primer on coal-preparation techniques. Joseph Leonard III and Byron C. Hardinge (eds.), Coal Preparation, 5th ed. (1991), is a handbook on coal-preparation plant operations and design for use by engineers. W.G. Waters II and Dean H. Uyeno, Export Coal Logistics: Management, Models, and Moving Coal (1987), provides in-depth coverage of methods, models, and costs of coal transportation.
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| Add new Web site: BBC - Coal mining created community and culture. Can clean energy do the same? | Dec 27, 2024 | ||
| Added video. | Jul 07, 2020 | ||
| Added information on stripping ratios. |
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Jun 14, 2016 | |
| Media added. | Apr 15, 2016 | ||
| Added image depicting open-pit coal mining in the southern Gobi, Mongolia. | Feb 02, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Coal Mining. | Nov 22, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Primary History - Victorian Britain. | Nov 21, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Kentucky - Kentucky Geological Survey - Coal. | Nov 21, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: The History Learning Site - Coal Mines in the Industrial Revolution. | Nov 21, 2011 | ||
| Geologic time data updated. | Sep 11, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 01, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Oct 30, 1998 |
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