Coal Geology

Mine Water and the Environment - Journal in pdf download - 1982 to 2000!
I am just a big fan of Mine water and the Environment journal since I started working in various projects related to coal mine. I can almost always find some good reference / guidance for my work within this journal. For the most part, the articles are easy to read and very much applied to “real world”. Just few days back I was reading a technical article by Robert S. Hedin : “The use of measured and calculated acidity values to improve the quality of mine drainage datasets”. I felt like I finally finally found a way evaluate the quality of the lab data with limited amount of parameters analysed.

This journal was formerly known as “International Journal of Mine Water”. Newer publications are available online from SpringerLink. You need subscription to get access any publication from 2000 onward! I was just checking their website and I found that the old publications are FREE to DOWNLOAD from their site which include 19 volumes of great journals!! Unfortunately, Volume 15 and 16 are not avaible at this time.

To get access to first 19 volumes of  Mine Water and Environment, visit: http://www.imwa.info/journal/

List of Volumes available for download from Mine Water and Environment website.

• Volume 19, Number 2-4, December 2000 (Berlin, Germany)
• Volume 19, Number 1, April 2000 (Loveland, CO/USA)
• Volume 18, Number 1-4, April 1999 (Loveland, CO/USA)
• Volume 17, Number 1-4, August 1998 (Denver, CO/USA)
• Volume 16, n.a.
• Volume 15, n.a.
• Volume 14, Number 1-4, 1995 (Wollongong, NSW/Australia)
• Volume 13, Number 3-4, July - December 1994 (Wollongong, NSW/Australia)
• Volume 13, Number 2, June 1994 (Wollongong, NSW/Australia)
• Volume 13, Number 1, March 1994 (Wollongong, NSW/Australia)
• Volume 12, Number 1-4, 1993 (Wollongong, NSW/Australia)
• Volume 11, Number 4, December 1992 (Wollongong, NSW/Australia)
• Volume 11, Number 3, September 1992 (Wollongong, NSW/Australia)
• Volume 11, Number 2, June 1992 (Wollongong, NSW/Australia)
• Volume 11, Number 1, March 1992 (Wollongong, NSW/Australia)
•  Volume 10, Number 1-4, 1991 (Wollongong, NSW/Australia)
• Volume 9, Number 1-4, 1990 (Castro Verde/Portugal)
• Volume 8, n.a.
• Volume 7, Number 4, December 1988 (Nottingham/UK)
• Volume 7, Number 3, September 1988 (Nottingham/UK)
• Volume 7, Number 2, June 1988 Nottingham/UK)
• Volume 7, Number 1, March 1988 (Nottingham/UK)
• Volume 6, Number 4, December 1987 (Nottingham/UK)
• Volume 6, Number 3, September 1987 (Budapest/Hungary) 
• Volume 6, Number 2, June 1987 (Budapest/Hungary)
• Volume 6, Number 1, March 1987 (Budapest/Hungary)
• Volume 5, Number 4, December 1986 (Madrid/Spain)
• Volume 5, Number 3, September 1986 (Madrid/Spain)
• Volume 5, Number 2, June 1986 (Madrid/Spain)
• Volume 5, Number 1, March 1986 (Madrid/Spain)
• Volume 4, Number 4, December 1985 (Madrid/Spain)
• Volume 4, Number 3, September 1985 (Madrid/Spain)
• Volume 4, Number 2, June 1985 (Madrid/Spain)
• Volume 4, Number 1, March 1985 (Granada/Spain)
• Volume 3, Number 4, December 1984 (Madrid/Spain)
• Volume 3, Number 3, September 1984 (Madrid/Spain)
• Volume 3, Number 2, June 1984 (Granada/Spain)
• Volume 3, Number 1, March 1984 (Granada/Spain)
• Volume 2, Number 4, December 1983 (Granada/Spain)
• Volume 2, Number 3, September 1983 (Granada/Spain)
• Volume 2, Number 2, June 1983 (Granada/Spain)
• Volume 2, Number 1, March 1983 (Granada/Spain)
• Volume 1, Number 4, December 1982 (Granada/Spain)
• Volume 1, Number 3, September 1982 (Granada/Spain)
• Volume 1, Number 2, June 1982 (Granada/Spain)
• Volume 1, Number 1, March 1982 (Granada/Spain)

When you go to te download page  Click on the Volume to see publications inside. For example, to access publications for Volume 17, Number 1-4, August 1998 (Denver, CO/USA), click on it, and it will open the list of publications that you can easily download in pdf format as below with a “pdf” icon at the end. Click on pdf icon to download your favorite one.
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Diz, H. R. (1998): The Selective Oxide System: Acid Drainage Treatment that avoids the Formation of Sludge. - Mine Water and the Environment, 17: 1-7, 3 fig.; Colorado.

Hammack, R. W., de Vegt, A. L. & Schoeneman, A. L. (1998): The Removal of Sulfate and Metals from Mine Waters using Bacterial Sulfate Reduction: Pilot Plant Results. - Mine Water and the Environment, 17: 8-27, 7 fig., 5 tab.; Colorado.

Hellier, W. W. (1998): Abatement of Acid Mine Draiage by capping a reclamed Surface Mine with fluidized Combustion Ash. - Mine Water and the Environment, 17: 28-40, 13 fig., 3 tab.; Colorado.

Helling, C., Nietzsche, O., Ullrich, B. & Merkel, B. (1998): The Influence of municipal Waste on Uranium Mill Tailings: A hydrogeochemical Study on a mixed Tailings Site. - Mine Water and the Environment, 17: 41-51, 3 fig.; 7 tab.; Colorado.

Iwanoff, A. (1998): Environmental Impacts of deep opencast Limestone Mines in Laegerdorf, Northern Germany. - Mine Water and the Environment, 17: 52-61, 2 fig.; 2 tab.; Colorado.

Osiensky, J. L., Williams, R. E., Ralston, D. R., Johnson, G. S. & Mink, L. L. (1998): Simulation of electrical Potential Differences near a contaminant Plume excited by a Point Source of Current. - Mine Water and the Environment, 17: 62-71; Colorado.

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It is simply a great resource for all working in mining industry.

So, have good time reading exciting articles and let me know if you know other great sourece of free journals.