Coal Mine Accidents in Bangladesh: Its Causes and Remedial Measures

Barapukuria coal mine (BCM) is located at Dinajpur district, NW Bangladesh. Total area is about 6.68 km2 and coal was encountered at a depth ranging between 118 and 509 m. Six major coal seams (seam I to seam VI) were identified at BCM, of which, thickest one is the seam-VI (~36 m). The estimated co...

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Main Authors: MD. MINHAJ UDDIN MONIR, H. M. ZAKIR HOSSAIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Economic Geologists and Mineral Technologists 2012-12-01
Series:International Journal of Economic and Environment Geology
Online Access:http://www.econ-environ-geol.org/pdf/june2013/Article-5.pdf