Editor-in-Chief: Professor Adam Smoliński
Journal of Sustainable Mining (ISSN 2300-3960) is an international, scholarly, peer-reviewed and open access journal. This journal casts a new light on the wide range of issues surrounding mining that are impacting its sustainability. It brings together wide-ranging approaches, globally, in order to develop a forum for discussion of mining practices, always with an eye towards their impact on sustainability and efficiency. Journal of Sustainable Mining is published quarterly online by Central Mining Institute – National Mining Institute (Główny Instytut Górnictwa – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, GIG-PIB) and hosted on Digital Commons, an Elsevier platform.
Read MoreCurrent Issue: Volume 23, Issue 4 (2024)
Research Articles
Modified method for assessing the required expenditures and estimated time of hard coal mine liquidation
Andrzej Chmiela, Małgorzata Wysocka, and Adam Smoliński
Influence of the moisture on fumes derived from the ANFO detonation
Andrzej Biessikirski, Mateusz Pytlik, Michał Dworzak, Michał Twardosz, Mariusz Wądrzyk, and Rafał Janus
Enhancing fuel injection system reliability through Weibull family functions analysis
Ali Nouri Qarahasanlou, Abbas Barabadi, Meisam Saleki, Ali Rahimazar, Parisa Rezakhania, and Masoume Gholamia
Spatio-Temporal Changes in the Gravity And Post-Mining Seismic Activity in Abandoned Deep Coal Mine Kazimierz-Juliusz During Flooding
Andrzej Kotyrba, Łukasz Kortas, and Sławomir Siwek
Coal mines in light of the provisions of the proposed Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942
Magdalena Zięba, Jacek Skiba, Piotr Kalisz, Regina Kościarz, and Adam Smoliński
Polish energy sector’s dependence on lignite mining: The process of transition
Marek Widera, Wojciech Naworyta, and Paweł Urbański
Application of Haines and Terbrugge chart for suitable slope angles – A case study of Artisanal and small-scale mining
Carol Mgiba and Steven Rupprecht
Method of selecting the optimal variant of mine closure with the possibility of capturing methane from underground excavations
Marian Turek and Małgorzata Magdziarczyk
Review
Utilization of solar and wind power-generation systems in the mining industry: recent trends and future prospects
Elaheh Mohammadi Valikandi and Yosoon Choi