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Best Practice Guidance for Effective Methane Drainage and Use in Coal Mines
This report from UNECE outlines the health, safety and environmental impacts of methane released during coal mining.
Methane creates unsafe working conditions in many underground mines around the world, with human fatalities an unacceptable consequence of many methane-related accidents. Methane is also a greenhouse gas.
Recent research has shown that the impact of methane on the atmosphere is more far reaching than was originally thought, and coal mines are the fourth largest source of methane emissions after the oil and gas, landfill and livestock industries.
The Best Practice Guidance on Effective Methane Drainage and Use in Coal Mines aims to fill a critical void. Recommended principles and standards on coal mine methane (CMM) capture and use are set out in a clear and succinct presentation to provide decision-makers with a solid base of understanding from which to direct policy and commercial decisions.
Such knowledge is critical to achieve zero fatalities and explosions while minimising the environmental impact of CMM emissions. The guidance document can also be used by students and technical specialists as an introduction to key methane management principles and references.
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