Open AccessThe status and prospect of mining technology in Vietnam underground coal mines
Author(s) -
Hai Duong Duc,
Dao Hong Quang,
Marian Turek,
Aleksandra Koteras
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
inżynieria mineralna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.215
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 1640-4920
DOI - 10.29227/im-2019-02-68
Subject(s) - coal , vietnamese , coal mining , mining engineering , mineral resource classification , corporation , underground mining (soft rock) , business , engineering , natural resource economics , waste management , geology , economics , finance , geochemistry , philosophy , linguistics
Vietnam has the 13th largest hard coal reserves globally, withthe reserves totaling 2.22 billion tonnes, and estimated resources of 4.07billion tonnes. Coal use is playing an increasing role in the energy mix andaccording to current planning, this role is to increase further. In parallelwith the development of the Vietnamese coal sector, underground miningalso underwent many stages of improvements, especially in the last twodecades. This paper analyzes the achievement and the state of the miningtechnology applied into the underground mining by the Vietnam NationalCoal - Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Ltd. (VINACOMIN) during20 year period and proposes the recommendations for the sustainabledevelopment of Vietnam underground mining.