Download or read book Best Practice Guidance for Effective Methane Drainage and Use in Coal Mines written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal mines are not only a safety management challenge but also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Methane release during coal mining creates unsafe working conditions in underground coal mines around the world. This Guidance is intended to provide a genuine contribution to improve mine safety practices at active underground coal mines, by supporting safer mining practices to reduce fatalities, injuries, and property losses, while encouraging the use of coal mine methane (CMM) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and utilize otherwise - wasted energy resources.