Essays about: "Coal mining"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the words Coal mining.

  1. 16. Safety Education for Future Mining

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

    Author : Hanna Jonsson; [2019]
    Keywords : education material; mining industry; training methods; utbildningsmaterial; gruvindustrin; utbildningsmetoder;

    Abstract : The work environment in mines have changed during the last decades. Compared to when birds were used to examine the air quality in coal mines, today’s mines strive for a zero-entry production. Which means that the persons who works at the mining company are stationed over ground - instead of under it. READ MORE

  3. 17. A prologue to the post coal-mining era

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Lisa Jonas; [2019]
    Keywords : surface coal mine; land art; soil; water; vegetation; excavator; reinforced embankment; spiral; meander; pier; lake; landscape architecture; remediation; reclamation;

    Abstract : The surface mine Hambach is located in the west of Germany, close to Cologne and was founded in 1978 from the electric company RWE to dig up brown coal and produce electricity. The mine measures a surface of 8.500ha and a depth of 470 m and was planned to be operated until 2045. READ MORE

  4. 18. A water quality assessment and environmental impact analysis of the local mining along the Zambezi River in Tete, Mozambique

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Vibeke Johansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Water quality assessment; Zambezi river basin; Coal mining; Tete.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The access to safe and clean drinking water is a major concern throughout the world. The recent discovery of coal and gas in Mozambique has increased the economic growth lately and large international companies have been attracted to Tete province in central Mozambique. READ MORE

  5. 19. I skuggan av gruvindustrin

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Joakim Menjivar Dominguez; [2018]
    Keywords : Fly-in-fly-out FIFO ; platsidentitet; community; transient befolkning;

    Abstract : Gruvindustrin är en av de största verksamheterna och arbetsgivarna i hela Australien. Gruvindustri innebär många olika saker men i denna studie ligger fokus på kolgruvindustrin. Framförallt blomstrade kolindustrin i hela landet under 70/80-talet. Många gånger vid mindre landsbygdsorter. READ MORE

  6. 20. Climate Blame Below The Glaciers - Challenges to Climate Justice in Peruvian Mountains and German Courts

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Line Skovlund Larsen; [2018]
    Keywords : Climate Blame; Climate Justice; Perceptions of Climate Change Causes; Climate Liability; Climate Litigation; Individual Guilt; Collective Responsibility; Diffuse Responsibility; Water Scarcity; Glacial Lake Outburst Flood; The Global South; The Andes; RWE; Huaraz; Peru; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates climate blame amongst a local population in the Northern Andes, Peru, and relates it to arguments on climate liability in German courtrooms. It does so on the backdrop of a climate lawsuit, which in 2017 was accepted by the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, filed by a Peruvian farmer against a German coal- and electricity company. READ MORE