ABSTRACT
Spontaneous combustion and coal dust explosibility are two of the paramount challenges faced by the South African coal mining industry. Lotana Consulting (Pty) Ltd. is a consulting firm that obtained a number of coal samples from different coal mines in South Africa to determine the probability of spontaneous combustions and the risk of coal dust explosibility in the majority of the South African coal mines. More than 80 coal samples have been obtained over a three year period from various coal mines in South Africa to determine the liability of spontaneous combustion and the coal dust explosibility index.
