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Trace elements in Australian export thermal coals

CSIRO has worked in collaboration with the Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) and the CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development (CCSD) to produce a database of trace elements in Australian export thermal coals.

21 July 2010 | Updated 9 March 2012

CSIRO, ACARP and the CCSD share the common goal of achieving the environmentally sustainable use of coal as an energy source. The trace elements fact sheet database is the result of specific research into the:

analysis of coal for trace elements
occurrence of trace elements in coal
behaviour of trace elements during mining and utilisation
environmental impacts of trace elements released during coal utilisation.

Trace elements fact sheets are listed below:

This resource is available for use by the public, researchers and the coal industry.

The database contains information on the occurrence of trace elements in Australian and other coals, the behaviour of trace elements during combustion and the environmental and health effects of trace elements released as a consequence of coal utilisation.

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