REE Geochemistry of Moderate－and High－Sulfur Coals from North Shanxi,China

Contents of the rare-earth elements(REE) in two coal seams from North Shanxi Province,China,were determined using the instrumental neutron activation method.Based on the REE distribution tpatterns,and correlation analysis and cluster analysis,the main conclusions were drawn as follows.The REE contents are controlled mainly by the coal-forming environments,but might be affected by acidic solution Jeaching after peat sedimentation.The REE distribution patterns should be nearly the same in the sublayers of the same coal seam,and the occurrence of abnormal patterns might indicate the geological effect during post-sedimentation.The REE in coals are present mainly in the inorganic phase,and might be derived mainly from terrigenous detrital minerals.Some harmful elements,such as V,P,Mo,Cr,Cu,Mo,Th and Cd,might have cleaning potential during processing and dressing by washing because they are associated with REE.     

Anomalous gold contents in brown coals and peat in the south-eastern region of the Western-Siberian platform

One hundred twenty-two samples of Jurassic and Paleogene brown coals and 1254 peat samples from the south-eastern region of the Western-Siberian platform were analyzed for gold by the neutron-activation method. Mean content of Au in Jurassic coals is 30 ± 8 ppb, in Paleogene coals is 10.6 ± 4.8 ppb, and in peat is 6 ± 1.4 ppb. Concentrations of gold as high as 4.4 ppm were found in coal ash and 0.48 ppm in the peat ash. Coal beds with anomalous gold contents were found at Western-Siberian platform for the first time.Negative correlation between gold and ash yield in coals and peat and highest gold concentrations were found in low-ash and ultra-low-ash coals and peat. Primarily this is due to gold's association with organic matter.For the investigation of mode of occurrence of Au in peat the bitumen, water-soluble and high-hydrolyzed substances, humic acids, cellulose and lignin were extracted from it. It was determined that in peat about 95% of gold is combined with organic matter. Forty to sixty percent of Au is contained in humic acids and the same content is in lignin. Bitumens, water-soluble and high-hydrolyzed substances contain no more than 1% of general gold quantity in peat.The conditions of accumulation of high gold concentrations were considered. The authors suggest that Au accumulation in peat and brown coals and the connection between anomalous gold concentrations and organic matter in low-ash coals and peat can explain a biogenic–sorption mechanism of Au accumulation. The sources of formation of Au high concentration were various Au–Sb, Au–Ag Au–As–Sb deposits that are abundant in the Southern and South-Eastern peripheries of the coal basin.     

华北南部构造煤纳米级孔隙结构演化特征及作用机理

构造煤是在构造应力作用下,煤体发生变形或破坏的一类煤,在世界主要产煤国家皆有分布。构造变形不同程度的改变着煤的大分子结构和化学成分,而且也影响到构造煤的纳米级孔隙结构(<10 0 nm ) ,它是煤层气的主要吸附空间。通过构造煤显微组分和镜质组油浸最大反射率的测定,采用液氮吸附法对不同变质变形环境、不同变形系列构造煤的纳米级孔隙分类、孔隙结构特征进行了深入系统的研究,并结合高分辨透射电子显微镜和X射线衍射对大分子结构和孔隙结构的分析,结果表明:不同类型构造煤纳米级孔径结构自然分类,可将孔径结构划分为过渡孔(15～10 0 nm )、微孔(5～15 nm )、亚微孔(2 .5～5 nm )和极微孔(<2 .5 nm ) 4类。低煤级变形变质环境中随着构造变形的增强,不同类型构造煤过渡孔孔容明显降低,微孔及其下孔径段孔容明显增多,可见亚微孔和极微孔,过渡孔的比表面积大幅度降低,而亚微孔的却增加得较快。从脆韧性变形煤至韧性变形煤,总孔体积、累积比表面积、N2 吸附量随着构造变形的增强,这些结构参数均迅速增加,但中值半径进一步下降。非均质结构煤孔隙参数与弱脆性变形煤相当。中、高煤级变形变质环境形成的各种类型构造煤与低煤级变质变形环境相比,孔隙参数的变化基本一致。但不同类型构造煤的变化又有所区别     

Metalliferous coals: A review of the main genetic and geochemical types

This paper presents a review of the genetic types and geochemical processes that have formed ‘metalliferous’ coals around the world. Primary attention is given to elements in coal that are currently being extracted from coal as raw material (Ge and U) or have, in our opinion, the best chance for such use (REE, Ag, Au, and PGE). Coals with anomalously high concentrations of other metals having potential for economic by-product recovery (Be, Sc, V, Ga, Sb, Cs, Mo, W, and Re) are briefly considered. Original data and a survey of the literature indicate that metalliferous coals are in many coal basins. Ore formation in coal-bearing structures may occur during peat accumulation, during diagenesis of the organic matter, or by epigenesis. Various metals are supplied to sedimentary basins as minerals that are transported by water and wind or as ionic species in surface water and descending and ascending underground water and may be incorporated into peat or coals. The modes of occurrence of metals in the enriched coals are diverse. The data presented in this review indicates that metalliferous coals should be regarded as promising for economic recovery for by-products in the course of coal mining and combustion.