The Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Production

Dave Osborne is a coal technology specialist with global experience in coal preparation, quality assurance and technical marketing through direct involvement in all facets of the subject area. He is internationally renowned and actively involved in international professional institutions and organisations. Dave’s experience includes Head of Coal Technology for Anglo American Coal and Group Manager of Coal Technology for Xstrata Coal. Dave has a Bachelor of Mining Engineering and PhD in Applied Science from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Dave also earned a postgraduate certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the Pennsylvania State University.

VOLUME 1: Part I: Introduction and coal characterization 1: Industrial uses of coal 2: Coal formation 3: Coal petrography 4: Coal resources and reserves 5: Coal sampling 6: Coal analysis

Part II: Coal extraction and preparation 7: Advances in coal mining technology 8: Underground coal gasification 9: Coal comminution and sizing 10: Cleaning of coarse and small coal 11: Cleaning of fine and ultrafine coal 12: Surface chemistry fundamentals in fine coal processing 13: Solid–liquid separation technologies for coal 14: Economic factors affecting coal preparation: plant design worldwide and case studies illustrating economic impact 15: Post-treatment of coal 16: Treatment of coal tailings 17: Optimization, simulation and control of coal preparation plants

Part III: Coal supply chain 18: Supply chain management for bulk materials in the coal industry 19: Coal conveying 20: Coal handling along the supply chain 21: Transportation by rail and sea in the coal industry

VOLUME 2

Part I: Introduction 1: Social and economic value of coal 2: Environmental issues: emissions, pollution control, assessment and management 3: Coal waste: handling, pollution impacts and utilization 4: Future industrial coal utilization: forecasts and emerging technological and regulatory issues

Part II: Global coal production 5: Coal resources, production and use in established markets 6: Coal resources, production and use in Brazil 7: Coal resources, production and use in the Russian Federation 8: Coal Resources, Production and use in India 9: Coal Resources, Production and Use in Indonesia 10: Coal Resources, Production and Use in China

Part III: Coal utilisation in industry 11: Thermal coal utilization 12: Coal use in iron and steel metallurgy 13: Advances in pulverised fuel technology: understanding coal comminution, combustion and ash deposition 14: Evaluation of coal for metallurgical applications 15: Coal utilisation in the cement and concrete industries 16: Coal gasification and conversion 17: Value-in-use (VIU) assessment for thermal and metallurgical coal 18: Future directions toward more efficient and cleaner use of coal