In this paper, we make a case for bringing energy geography into closer dialogue with emotional geography, and argue that doing so has the potential to greatly improve our understanding of energy systems and their intersection with everyday life, bringing essential but often overlooked aspects into...
The tragedy is considered the worst mining-related disaster in British history and was more recently featured in an episode of Netflix seriesThe Crown. Image:Map showing Cwmtillery, Aberfan and Cardiff in South Wales "The tip's got to come down," she said, but added that the authori...
Coal Mining in South Wales Section ACoal in the Rhondda was, in its time was the best steam coal in the world. From its rise in the 1850's, till its fall in 1983, the Rhondda has been both a place of hope and a place of despair. But as well as this it has been a ray off ...
To celebrate 20 years of Yancoal’s Australia operations, WesTrac helped roll out a new fleet across the company’s New South Wales sites. Mining without emissions: The future of decarbonised operations in the coal industry Wednesday 12 March 2025 11:30 With a clean energy future on the...
A fleet of 100 Huaneng Ruichi autonomous electric mining trucks has entered operation at the Yimin opencast mine in Inner Mongolia, China. Przyjazn Coking Plant launches state-of-the-art coke oven battery Thursday 15 May 2025 12:30 On 12 May the ceremonial firing up of the ceramic block ...
but it may have been used in other ways. Analysis of certain ash remains in South Wales suggests that coal had been used for cremation in the Bronze Age (c. 3000bc). There is evidence, too, that varieties of coal were used in ancient times to make ornaments. But it was probably not...
Wales. Mining in the Pernik basin, south west of Sofia, has created spoils just like those in Wales, but the reclamation has been completely different. ‘They had bare shale slopes to deal with,’...
Coal Mining in Appalachia, History of Encyclopedia of Energy Reference work2004, Encyclopedia of Energy Geoffrey L. Buckley Explore book 2.1 Fueling the Industrial Revolution During the early years of the 19th century, coal was used primarily to fire blacksmith forges and as a domestic heating fuel...
Study of peripheral fractured zones by the side of roadways in underground coal mines in New South Wales by seismic methods: Bhattacharya, A K; Belleza, G B Proc 6th Australia-New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Christchurch, 3鈥 7 February 1992P221鈥 224. Publ New Zealand: New Zealand...
Cottle, D. (2013) Land, life and labour in the sacrifice zone: the socio‐economic dynamics of open‐cut coal mining in the Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales. Rural Society, 22 ( 3), 208‐216...