The Coal Handbook

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.

Part I 1. Coal formation 2. Coal petrography 3. Coal resources and reserves 4. Coal sampling 5. Coal analysis 6. Aspects of surface chemistry of coal and its characterization in fine coal processing 7. Overview of Industrial Utilization of coal

Part II 8. Advances in coal mining technology 9. Underground coal gasification 10. Coal Preparation fundamentals 11. Coal comminution and sizing 12. Cleaning of coarse and small coal 13. Cleaning of fine and ultrafine coal 14. Solid-liquid separation technologies for coal 15. Treatment of coal tailings 16. Economic factors affecting coal preparation plant design worldwide

Part III 17. Optimization, simulation and control of coal preparation plants 18. Supply chain management for bulk materials in the coal industry 19. Coal conveying 20. Coal handling aling the supply chain 21. Transportation by rail and sea in the coal industry