China's rise in the world's mining industry is remarkable. Now it has become the largest producer of coal and gold. These two kinds of mineral products are different in nature, but they are very similar in value to today's society, that is, "safety" gold is rare and extremely difficult to extract, and its value is measured in grams. Buyers hold gold for long-term financial security. Coal is a commodity. For a booming society, it represents the necessary resources for low-cost power generation, which provides security for a country. As a bystander, I marvel at how quickly China can increase its production, not only in mining, but also in refining, smelting and energy. Unfortunately, the United States and most countries in the world do not fully understand this growth of China. As a direct participant in mining, metallurgy and energy industry, we know this very well. The value that mining industry brings to society is often ignored. News reports are more concerned about the environmental problems caused by mining accidents and mining. This phenomenon exists all over the world, not just in China. With the rapid development of China, these problems will appear more frequently. Despite the great progress made in the past 10 years in the safety of miners, the number of mine accidents in China is still too much. The consequences of natural disasters such as earthquakes, temperature fluctuations, typhoons and other natural disasters, coupled with lower engineering standards, have a disastrous impact on the environment. As a professional in the mining industry, I hope China can learn from our experience. Our two major monthly journals, coal age ^ and Engineering & Mining Journal (E & kJ), will show readers (engineers and metallurgists) how to operate mines and equipment more safely and efficiently in terms of coal and metals, respectively. In this magazine, I have asked to add some translated articles, which explain how we can improve safety and environmental protection measures. The magazine also covers important news about mining enterprises, equipment manufacturers, mining equipment and technology. We have also specifically dealt with the German mining process. Those who do not know history will make the same mistakes as history. China's coal industry has begun to reverse, with the wide application of mechanization, mining safety factor is improving. I hope you can learn from our experience so as not to repeat our mistakes.

中國(guó)在世界礦產(chǎn)業(yè)中的崛起令人矚目。而今己成為煤和黃金的最大生產(chǎn)國(guó)。這兩種礦產(chǎn)品性質(zhì)迥異，然而對(duì)當(dāng)今社會(huì)的價(jià)值而言極其相似，這就是“安全性” 黃金是稀有的且極難提取，它的價(jià)值是以克計(jì)量的。購(gòu)買者為長(zhǎng)期的財(cái)務(wù)安全性而持有黃金。煤炭屬于大宗商品。對(duì)于一個(gè)蒸蒸日上的社會(huì)來(lái)說(shuō)，它代表了低成本發(fā)電所必需的資源，這為一個(gè)國(guó)家提供了安全性。作為旁觀者，我驚嘆于中國(guó)能夠如此迅速的提高產(chǎn)量，不僅是在開采上，而且是在精煉、冶煉和能源各方面上。遺憾的是，美國(guó)以及世界上的大部分國(guó)家對(duì)中國(guó)的這一增長(zhǎng)并沒(méi)有充分的認(rèn)識(shí)。而作為直接參與礦業(yè)、冶金業(yè)和能源產(chǎn)業(yè)的我們對(duì)此很了解。采礦業(yè)為社會(huì)所帶來(lái)的價(jià)值往往被忽視。新聞報(bào)道更關(guān)心礦難和采礦帶來(lái)的環(huán)境問(wèn)題。這種現(xiàn)象在全世界都存在，并不僅僅是在中國(guó)。隨著中國(guó)的加速發(fā)展，這些問(wèn)題會(huì)更加頻繁的顯現(xiàn)。盡管過(guò)去10年在礦工安全方面取得了長(zhǎng)足的進(jìn)步，中國(guó)現(xiàn)在的礦難數(shù)量還是太多了些。由地震、溫度的巨幅波動(dòng)、臺(tái)風(fēng)等自然災(zāi)害帶來(lái)的后果，加上較低的工程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，對(duì)環(huán)境造成了災(zāi)難性的影響。作為釆礦業(yè)的專業(yè)人士，我希望中國(guó)能夠從我們的經(jīng)驗(yàn)中吸取教訓(xùn)。我們的兩份主要月刊《Coal Age^和《Engineering & Mining Journal (E&KJ)》將分別在煤和金屬方面向讀者(工程師們和冶金家們)展示怎樣更加安全和有效率地運(yùn)營(yíng)礦山和設(shè)備。在這份雜志中，我己要求加入了一些翻譯好的文章，這些文章解釋了我們?nèi)绾胃倪M(jìn)安全和環(huán)保措施。這份雜志也涵蓋了有關(guān)采礦企業(yè)，設(shè)備制造商，采礦設(shè)備和技術(shù)的重要新聞概況。我們還特意涉及了有關(guān)德國(guó)采礦工藝的部分。不了解歷史的人必將犯下與歷史相同的錯(cuò)誤。中國(guó)煤炭行業(yè)己經(jīng)開始扭轉(zhuǎn)，隨著機(jī)械化的廣泛應(yīng)用，采礦安全系數(shù)正在提高。希望你們能從我們的經(jīng)驗(yàn)中吸取教訓(xùn)以免重復(fù)我們的錯(cuò)誤。