The Black Warrior Coal Basin is Located in Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Jefferson counties, Alabama. This is where coal mining in Alabama began. Since the 1800s, the basin has supplied coal to fuel Alabama's growth and industrialization. But some mines still dig deep and operate in the basin, extracting coal mainly for export.
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اقرأ المزيدThe literature review covered several articles on measuring the Social Licence to Operate and Social Acceptance, and this section presents the main critical factors used in this study. The Social Acceptance of mining was adopted as the indicator for measuring SLO (Litmanen et al., 2016; Mercer-Mapstone et al., 2018).
اقرأ المزيدOn the impacts of mining. Mining activities, including prospecting, exploration, construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, abandonment, decommissioning and repurposing of a mine can impact social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative, and direct and indirect ways.
اقرأ المزيدAccepting that trust is the sum of the interactions that occur between parties and a keystone for securing a SLO (Mercer-Mapstone et al., 2019; Moffat et al., 2016) this paper looks to contextual factors that lead to mistrust – specifically, generalized mistrust - of a mineral mining project proponent and how that affects the granting of a SLO.
اقرأ المزيدUnderstanding the effects of mining on ES requires identifying and conceptualising the full ES chain including four key components – supply, demand, flow and benefits (Figure 1) (Mandle et al., 2020; Villareal-Rosas et al., 2020).Extracting mineral resources results in removal or modification of areas of natural ecosystems (Castello …
اقرأ المزيدAlabama marble was popular for both building and sculpting, and companies shipped their products throughout the United States. Mining operations were typically able to meet the demand. As production increased and the industry grew, more towns, such as Sylacauga, Gantt's Quarry, and Dolomite, grew around mining …
اقرأ المزيدModern coal mining is a stark contrast from the historical photographs that often shape the profession's public image. Today, each of Alabama's underground met coal mines utilize safe and highly efficient longwall mining technology, which require a skilled workforce of miners to operate and maintain.
اقرأ المزيدA visit to the Alabama Mining Museum offers a unique opportunity to delve into the coal mining industry of the early 1900s, trace its evolution through the years, and gain insights into life within a historic Alabama mining community. 78. The Alabama Mining Museum is located at 120 East St, Dora, AL 35062 and is open Tuesday …
اقرأ المزيدAlabama Surface Mining Commission. The Alabama Surface Mining Commission is the primary regulatory authority for Surface and Underground Coal Mining Operations for the State of Alabama under the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Our office is located on the second floor of the Pinnacle Bank Building at 1811 2nd …
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