Methane Combustion Release Hazard

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, the mineral resource sector around the world is facing an increase in global demand for raw materials, and this applies to most countries. New technological, economic, and environmental requirements raise the question of how to propel mining to the next technological level. Industry 4.0 increasingly impacts on the extraction of solid, liquid, and gaseous raw materials during the digitalization and automation of technological processes, mineral resource complete extraction, sustainable development of mining clusters, and the restoration of ecosystems disturbed by mining. Therefore, the innovative development of mining technologies opens up new opportunities for sustainable development with a balance between the human impact on the environment and the provision of the need for raw materials.

For many years, progress in mining technologies has been based on the integrated efforts of researchers from various industries and the international cooperation of mining science and practice. Today, innovative technologies of mineral extraction and processing and the greening of mining, which can improve the economic attractiveness and environmental friendliness of the extractive industries, can bring the prestige of mining to a new level and need to be promoted.

To generate new ideas in these areas, this Special Issue, entitled “Methane”, has been proposed for the international journal Methane. This Special Issue mainly covers original research in the fields of underground mining; ventilation systems; methane release hazard; spontaneous combustion hazard; safety, alternative energy-producing, and the sustainable development of raw materials extracting clusters.

Articles selected for the Special Issue “Methane” are subject to a peer-review procedure with the aim of the rapid and wide dissemination of fundamental and practical research results.

We invite you to submit your original papers to the Special Issue “Methane” and are looking forward to receiving your outstanding research.

Dr. Dawid Szurgacz
Prof. Dr. Sergey Zhironkin
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Methane is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• ventilation systems
• methane release hazard
• spontaneous combustion hazard
• sustainable development strategy