Coal mining research - growth in energy demand can be met while reducing injuries and fatalities

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1987 · Min. Eng. (Littleton, Colo.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6445866

Marchant, W N

The paper considers the federal government's role, principally the US Bureau of Mines in meeting the growth of demand for coal while reducing the social and economic costs attributed to injuries and fatalities in underground mining. The USA's energy picture and projections for the future are discussed including the distribution of its reserves and the projected role of coal in the energy and economics of the nation's future. The Bureau of Mine's research program in underground mining is considered in relation to the problems of health and safety. Topics covered are: future projections; meeting the demand for coal; safe mining research including mine environmental monitoring, adaptive signal discrimination, expert systems and robotics; and collective creativity.

• Research Organization: Dept. of the Interior, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6445866
• Journal Information: Min. Eng. (Littleton, Colo.); (United States), Vol. 39:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
COAL
ENERGY DEMAND
UNDERGROUND MINING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
US BUREAU OF MINES
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
COAL MINERS
COAL MINES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENT
HEALTH HAZARDS
INJURIES
MONITORING
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
ROBOTS
SIGNALS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
USA
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DEMAND
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HAZARDS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MATERIALS
MINERS
MINES
MINING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
PERSONNEL
SAFETY
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
US DOI
US ORGANIZATIONS
012030* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Underground Mining- (1987-)
016000 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Health & Safety
015000 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Economic
Industrial
& Business Aspects
294001 - Energy Planning & Policy- Coal
290500 - Energy Planning & Policy- Research
Development
Demonstration
& Commercialization
292000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Supply
Demand & Forecasting