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. Social and economic value of coal 2. Emissions from coal utilisation 3. Coal and "Climate Change" 4. Coal waste: handling, pollution impacts and utilization

Part II 5. Marketing of coal 6. Value-in-use (VIU) assessment for thermal coal 7. Value-in-use (VIU) assessment for thermal and metallurgical coal 8. Coal resources, production and use in established markets 9. Coal resources, production and use in Brazil 10. Coal resources, production and use in the Russian Federation 11. Coal resources, production and use in India 12. Coal resources, production and use in Indonesia 13. Coal resources, production and use in China

Part III 14. Coal utilization in Power Generation 15. Coal use in iron and steel metallurgy 16. Advances in pulverised fuel technology: Understanding coal communication, combustion and ash deposition 17. Evaluation of coal for metallurgical applications 18. Coal utilisation in the cement and concrete industries 19. Coal gasification and conversion 20. Future industrial coal utilization: Forecasts and emerging technological and regulatory issues 21. Future directions toward more efficient and cleaner use of coal