Coal mining

Environmental Science Environmental Impact Statement By Byron Smith Actual Development “Hume Coal Mine “ In the Berrima area located in the NSW southern highlands there has been a proposed coal mine. This coal mine will consist of large stockpile near Berrima (town centre), train loading facilities, a train line and an underground mine. The Hume coal mine is too “extract 3.5 million tonnes of coal… in the next 19 years”. The public have protested about this proposed mine as locals fear…

Coal and Coal Seam Production and Use in Australia. Coal and coal seam gas (CSG) are both naturally occurring resources. They are both extracted from the ground by mining. Coal is burned to produce electricity in huge power plants. CSG can be cooled to produce liquefied natural gas, or the methane gas can used to power electricity generators. The mining of coal in order to produce electricity has advantages and disadvantages, which divide the opinions of society. The same can be said for the…

Did you know that Coal is a very good energy and is the cheapest energy source? Coal is found in all states of Australia. It is used as most of Australia’s power. Coal is a black or brown rock. Coal is a sedimentary rock and is formed over many years. It is extracted in two different ways, open-cut mining and underground mining. It has many different advantages and disadvantages. Coal is a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting chiefly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in…

BHP Billiton is a mining, metals and petroleum company based out of Melbourne, Australia. BHP Billiton is considered amongst the largest mining companies in the world. It is in BHP Billiton’s values to put health and safety first, being environmentally responsible and supporting the communities in which it operates. BHP Billiton is a registered Organizational Stakeholder of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). BHP Billiton practices its sustainability initiatives around the four major areas: 1…

Two main environmental concerns associated with the use of coal are pollution, caused by emissions of contaminants such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury, which affects human and environmental health, and greenhouse gases that are emissions that contribute to global warming. Social problems include the social and health complications that arise from the effects of the use of coal and coal mining. The mining of coal occurs in many ways, but is almost always damaging to the…

estate transactions. It is imperative for real estate professionals to be informed about special risks associated with individual regions of the country. For example, more than two-thirds of Pennsylvania's 67 counties have rich coal deposits underground. And, two centuries of mining activity to bring that precious resource to the surface has resulted in large tunnels and voids that may collapse, causing the surface to subside. These cavern like structures also collect water, from heavy rainfall…

During the Industrial Revolution, coal mining expanded significantly, which led to coal being the primary source of energy today. Even as coal industries flourished and the economy boomed, the corporations were corrupt. This led to new inventions and discoveries of renewable energy. Nicholas Wood, the primary leader in coal mining engineering and safety, inspired many drastic changes of the unsettling coal mining industry. After he researched alternatives to coal, people explored new ways to…

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Depending upon the type of dust, the disease is given different names: 1. Coal worker’ pneumoconiosis(CWP): caused by inhaling coal dust, Coal is a natural brownish black or black graphite-like material which is a fossil fuel for producing energy such as electricity. CWP, which is known also as a black lung disease, is due to the inhalation and accumulation of coal mine dust in the lungs.Radiographic appearance allows classifying CWP into simple…

Renewable energy is the clean power of the future. Mankind is running into a dead end and must act now. The world is filled with variations of power that are rapidly depleting fossil fuels, the average population must understand how these fuels are obtained, what the long term effects of using these fuels has on the world, and how the human race can move forward by using different variations of renewable energy, whether it 's for housing or transportation purposes. "Fossil fuels are an…

that are more efficient, these companies will continue burning coal or oil. As a result, the drive for coal will support destructive mining operations across the country that turns majestic landscapes into vast…