To promote the development of dust and occupational health-related science and technologies associated with mining, an international symposium on mine dust and aerosol research is being launched by the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences in collaboration with the Shandong University of Science and Technology and the International Journal of Coal Science & Technology.

The symposium focuses on airborne dust generated during mineral extraction, transport and processing in underground and surface mining operations that puts exposed miners at risk of various respirable diseases.