• Mortality and morbidity in populations in the vicinity of ...

     · Evidence of the association of coal mining with health outcomes such as increased mortality and morbidity in the general population has been provided by epidemiological studies in the last 25 years. Given the diverse sources of data included to investigate different health outcomes in the exposed populations, the International Classifiion of Diseases (ICD) can be used as a single ...

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  • China's vast bitcoin mining empire risks derailing its ...

     · The Nature study on Tuesday found that unchecked, ... but mining is permitted. Coalrich regions are now pushing out bitcoin miners as they struggle to curb emissions.

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  • Higher coronary heart disease and heart attack morbidity ...

     · Recent studies have documented poor population health outcomes in coal mining areas of Appalachia compared to other parts of the region or the nation (Hendryx, 2008, Hendryx, 2009, Hendryx and Ahern, 2008, Hendryx et al., 2008).These findings include higher chronic cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates (Hendryx, 2009) and higher rates of selfreported CVD (Hendryx and .

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  • COAL MINE SEISMICITY AND BUMPS: HISTORICAL CASE STUDIES ...

    Coal bumps are often associated with seismic events that are large enough to be registered by regional seismic networks. However, not every potentially hazardous bump generates a regional seismic event, nor does every mineinduced, regional seismic event manifest itself as a coal outburst at the seam level.

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  • Turow: the Polish coal mine at the centre of regional ...

    Tensions have mounted at the Polish, Czech and German border over a coal mine in Poland that Prague says is contaminating its water supplies and has been operating illegally for over a year.

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  • Flow Origin, Drainage Area, and Hydrologic Characteristics ...

    Mountaintop CoalMining Region of Southern West ia, 2000–01 By Katherine S. Paybins Abstract Characteristics of perenni al and intermittent headwater streams were documented in the mountaintop removal coalmining region of southern West ia in 2000–01. The perennialflow origin points were identified in autumn during low

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  • Coal Exploration and Mining Geology

    Coal mining geology embraces a number of special skills and ... Background Studies for Coal Exploration Exploration Titles Broadscale regional assessments based on literature survey, interpretations of air photos or satellite imagery, and perhaps regional field mapping, ...

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  • A Study on the Current Economic Impacts of the Appalachian ...

     · A Study on the Current Economic Impacts of the Appalachian Coal Industry and its Future in the Region FINAL REPORT March 27, 2001 ... Figure : 15 Counties in the ARC Coal Region with the Highest Ratio of Coal Mining Earnings to Total Earnings, 1997 ...

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  • WVU study will determine amount of rare earth elements in ...

     · WVU study will determine amount of rare earth elements in the region's coal mining waste November 7, 2016 November 7, 2016 News energy research, WVU The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory recently awarded West ia University a project to survey acid mine drainage solids to identify the concentration and amount of rare earth elements .

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  • Respiratory Diseases Caused by Coal Mine Dust

     · Coal is an important global commodity and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Thus, mining of coal will also remain important. Despite improvements in exposure assessment and ventilation controls and the existence of protective government regulations, coal miners are still at risk for respiratory diseases caused by coal mine dust and their associated morbidity and mortality.

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  • Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Mining on Regional ...

    Key objectives of the study, as endorsed by the industry steering committee for the project, were to: Develop a framework for assessing, monitoring and reporting the cumulative social, environmental and economic impacts – both positive and negative – of coal mining on .

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  • Coal Mine Closure and a Just Transition for All

     · In the Managing Coal Mine Closure, Achieving a Just Transition report, two Global Practices (Energy and Extractives; and Jobs and Social Protection) and one Global Theme (Climate Change) worked together to review 11 past coal mine closure investment loans delivered in the 1990s and early 2000s, complemented by case studies on coal mine closure in the USA, United Kingdom, .

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  • Impact of coal mining on stream biodiversity in the US and ...

     · Coal is an important energy source, but its use affects regional air quality and global climate. This study finds that coal mining reduces the diversity and .

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  • Laying foundation for coal mining in Ethiopia

     · A foundation stone for the establishment of the Sun Mining Coal factory the first coal factory in Ethiopia has been laid out at Gibe Ibare Kebele in Abeshge Woreda of Gurage Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region on June 14, 2021 by Takele Uma, Minister of Mines and Petroleum and the Head of Southern Region, Ristu Yirdaw amongst other government officials.

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     · The anthracite mining industry loomed over the region until its decline in the 1950s. Strip mines and fires, most notably in Centralia remain visible. Several violent incidences in the history of the labor movement occurred within the coal region as this was the loion of the Lattimer Massacre and the home of the Molly Maguires.

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