Coal fire & Mine water: two major post-mining issues

Coal is an important major source of energy for sustainable development and growth of economy around the world. Coal fire and mine water issues are two aspects of mining-induced safety and eco-environmental issues which occurred during and after mining. In the present presentation, the author illustrates the understanding of these two issues by employing the theoretic analysis, the experimental simulation, the numerical simulation, and the field investigation, etc. Results from this research show that the rational scientific mining methods and technologies can be used to reduce the occurrence and influence of these two phenomena which leads to the possible sustainable exploitation of coal resource.