Journal of Mining Science is a peer-reviewed journal that reflects the current trends in fundamental and applied mining sciences. It publishes original articles on geomechanics and geoinformation science, investigation of relationships between global geodynamic processes and man-induced disasters, physical and mathematical modeling of rheological and wave and failure processes in multiphase structural geological media and rock mass, analysis and synthesis of mechanisms, automatic machines, and robots, the science of mining machines, creation of resource-saving and ecologically safe technologies of mineral mining, mine aerology and mine thermal physics, coal seam degassing, mechanisms for the origination of spontaneous fires and methods for their extinction, mineral dressing, and bowel exploitation. Previously focused on translation, the journal now has the aim to become an international publication and accepts manuscripts originally submitted in English from all countries, along with translated works. The peer review policy of the journal is independent of the manuscript source, ensuring a fair and unbiased evaluation process for all submissions.

Editor-in-Chief: Mikhail V. Kurlenya
EDITORIAL BOARD
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Mikhail V. Kurlenya
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
DEPUTY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Andrey A. Eremenko
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Vladimir I. Klishin
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Sergey A. Kondrat'ev
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Executive Secretary
Victor M. Seryakov
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
EDITORIAL BOARD
Andrey V. Antsiferov
Dr. Sci., Ukrainian State Research and Design Institute of Mining Geology, Rock Mechanics and Mine Surveying, Donetsk, Ukraine
Abai A. Baymukhametov
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mechanics, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Vasily D. Baryshnikov
Cand. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Aleksandr A. Baryakh
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russia
Wolfgan Busch
Dr. Sci., Institut fur Geotechnik und Markscheidewesen, Clausthal-Zellerfel, Germany
Aldo Casali
Dr. Sci., Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Valentin A. Chanturia
Dr. Sci., Research Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Vladimir I. Cheskidov
Cand. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Peter Dawd
Dr. Sci., University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
Dr. Sci., McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Carsten Drebenstedt
Dr. Sci., TU Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany
Jozef Dubinski
Dr. Sci., Central Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland
Gennady I. Gritsko
Dr. Sci., Institute of Oil and Gas Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk, Russia
David R. Kaplunov
Dr. Sci., Research Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Veniamin A. Khyamyalyainen
Dr. Sci., Kuzbass State Technical University, Kemerovo, Russia
Peter Knoll
Dr. Sci., GTU Ingenieurburo, Potsdam, Germany
Dimitrios Kolymbas
Dr. Sci., University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Vladimir A. Kovalev
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Kamchibek Ch. Kozhogulov
Dr. Sci., Institute of Geomechanics and Natural Resource Development, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Anatoly A. Kozyrev
Dr. Sci., Institue of Mining, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russia
Yury N. Malyshev
Dr. Sci., Vernadsky State Geological Museum, Moscow, Russia
Richard Minnit
Dr. Sci., School of Mining Engineering, Johannesburg, South Africa
Valery E. Mirenkov
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Leonid A. Nazarov
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Aleksandr A. Neverov
Cand. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Güven Önal
Dr. Sci., Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Sergey G. Ozhigin
Dr. Sci., Buketov State University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Andrey V. Patutin
Cand. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
K. Pinto/td>
Dr. Sci., Federal University, Minas-Gerais, Brazil
Nikolai A. Popov
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Lev A. Puchkov
Dr. Sci., National University of Science and Technology "MISiS", Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Qian Qihu
Dr. Sci., Chinese Engineerinng Academy, Beijing, China
Igor Yu. Rasskazov/td>
Dr. Sci., Mining Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Khabarovsk, Russia
Aleksandr F. Revuzhenko
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Victor I. Rostovtsev
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Yury N. Shaposhnik
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Evgeny N. Sher
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Vladimir L. Shkuratnik
Dr. Sci., National University of Science and Technology "MISiS", Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Sergey M. Tkach
Dr. Sci., North Mining Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russia
Luben Totev
Dr. Sci., Mining-Geological University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Kliment N. Trubetskoy
Dr. Sci., Research Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Leonid A. Vaisberg
Dr. Sci., Mekhanobrtekhnika, St. Petersburg, Russia
Slobodan Vujic
Dr. Sci., Engineering Academy, Belgrad, Serbia
Victor L. Yakovlev
Dr. Sci., Mining Institute, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ykaterinburg, Russia
Dmitry V. Yakovlev
Dr. Sci., Institute of Mining Geomechanics, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pan Yishan
Dr. Sci., Liaoning Technical University, Liaoning, China
Valery N. Zakharov
Dr. Sci., Research Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Igor V. Zyryanov
Dr. Sci., Yakutniproalmaz Institute, Mirny, Russia