Heritage Work: Re-Representing the Work Ethic in the Coalfields

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Strangleman ◽  
Emma Hollywood ◽  
Huw Beynon ◽  
Katy Bennett ◽  
Ray Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Work Ethic ◽  
Complex Analysis ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Way

This paper aims to discover how, with the decline and ending of the deep coal mining industry in many parts of the UK its legacy is being re-evaluated by those involved in various aspects of economic and social regeneration. It opens by exploring the way coal mine workers and their communities have been seen within popular and academic accounts, and in particular the way this group has been subject to ideal typification and stereo-typing. The main body of the paper examines the way this legacy is still subject to such interpretation, and that further, the specificity of the coal industry is commodified in a variety of ways. We point out the contradictory nature of this process and argue that it is inevitably damaging to a complex analysis of the deep problems facing former coalfield areas.

Sedimentology and its applications within the UK opencast coal mining industry

1995 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil S. Jones ◽  
Paul D. Guion ◽  
Iain M. Fulton
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Game Modelling and Strategy Research on Trilateral Evolution for Coal-Mine Operational Safety Production System: A Simulation Approach

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Haifeng Dai ◽  
Ziyan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
First Line ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
Coal Mine Safety ◽  
Safety Production ◽  
Decision Making Behavior

In view of the particularity and high risk of coal mining industry, the decision-making behavior of multiple agents inside the coal-mine enterprise plays a very important role in ensuring the safety and sustainable development of coal mining industry. The existing literature studies on coal-mine safety production focus mainly on statically analyzing the game among the external entities such as the government, the enterprises themselves, and the employees inside the enterprise from a macro perspective,are short of research on revealing the dynamic interactions among the actors directly involved in the coal-mine accidents and also on proposals for effective interactions that will lead to improved safety outcomes. Therefore, this paper explores the use of evolutionary game theory to describe the interactions among the stakeholders in China’s coal-mine safety production system, which includes the organization, the first-line miners, and the first-line managers. Moreover, the paper also explores dynamic simulations of the evolutionary game model to analyze the stability of stakeholder interactions and to identify equilibrium solutions. The simulation results show that when certain conditions are met, the decision-making behavior of the organization, miners, and managers can evolve into the unique ideal steady state (1, 1, 1). In addition, the strategy portfolio with a relatively high initial proportion of three agents converges more quickly to an ideal state than a relatively low strategy portfolio. Moreover, the stable state and equilibrium values are not affected by the initial value changes. Finally, we find that the combination of positive incentive policies and strict penalties policies can make the evolutionary game system converge to desired stability faster. The application of the evolutionary game and numerical simulation when simulating the multiplayer game process of coal-mine safety production is an effective way, which provides a more effective solution to the safety and sustainable development of coal mining industry.

Quantifying SWOT analysis for the Indian coal mining industry using Fuzzy DEMATEL

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 882-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sorokhaibam Khaba ◽  
Chandan Bhar
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Fuzzy Decision Making ◽  
Quality Improvement Initiative ◽  
Mining Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
Indian Coal

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to quantify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis for the Indian coal mining industry using Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory. Design/methodology/approach After obtaining 17 factors from literature and expert opinion, an interview questionnaire was designed and tested to assure the content validity of questionnaire. A group of 15 qualified experts consisting of 4 professors from academic institutions and 11 management professionals from mining sector with substantial experience were consulted. Findings The result from causal relationship implied that the decision makers should focus on improving the ability of exploitation and production using quality improvement initiative such as lean production, developing research and development units for clean coal technology and working with strong exporters. This study also finds that foreign investment in mining sector is also a main factor that highly influences other factors. Research limitations/implications The study is based on personal judgments and the shortage of respondents limits the study to ensure the validity. Practical implications The stated strategies both for the government and industry through SWOT analysis could facilitate improved productivity of the Indian coal industry if adopted. Originality/value This paper demonstrates a process for quantitative SWOT analysis for the Indian coal mining industry that can be performed even when there is dependence among factors.

Research on the Circular Economy Mode of Modern Coal Mine - Case Study on the Development of Xishan Coal Mine Areas

2011 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 1337-1341
Author(s):  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Hua Ling Song ◽  
Chun Lei Li ◽  
Chuan Peng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Operating Mode ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Development Mode ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
New Development ◽  
Circular Economy System

For studying the circular mechanism and the operating mode of modern mine, this paper reviewed the current development situations of circular economy modes and some typical circular economy parks in coal mining industry at home and abroad. With the Xishan coal mine areas as the investigated objective, which operated by Xishan Coal-electricity Group in Shanxi Province of China, the characterized circular economy mode is put forwarded and concluded as “33386” development mode. Furthermore, the structure and industrial chains of Xishan circular economy system are researched in whole and interpreted in part. This is a successful attempt on the coal mining industry with a new development mode and a complete circulation of resourses in practice.

Socio-economic Decline and Adaptation: South Yorkshire's Former Coalfields

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Murray ◽  
James Baldwin ◽  
Keith Ridgway ◽  
Belinda Winder
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
Alternative Employment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Contemporary Account

Two decades after the year-long miners' strike of 1984/5, this paper presents a contemporary account of the social and economic situation faced by ex-miners in South Yorkshire, uncovering those factors that continue to inhibit new employment and adaptation following the contraction of the coal industry. Forty-one in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with men who had worked in the region's coal mining industry for varying periods of time. The interviews were designed to examine many of the problems that have emerged following deindustrialisation and assess appraisals of retraining provision and prospects for employment. Findings increase understanding of issues endemic to many former pit villages including continuing high levels of localised unemployment and disproportionately high numbers of incapacity benefit claimants. A greater understanding of the reluctance of individuals to adapt, retrain and seek new, alternative employment will lead to more successful methods of dealing with the problems associated with continuing economic inactivity in the region's former coalfield communities and has many important consequences for existing regeneration programmes and employment initiatives.

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