“…The influence of coal strength by rank (thermal maturity) is shown in Figure 59 (Palmer et al, 2005cited in Deisman, 2016. This can be observed on the boundary from low to medium volatile bituminous up until the high volatile bituminous (Stach et al, 1982;Medhurst and Brown, 1998;Palmer et al, 2005;Esterle, 2008;Deisman, 2016), which is evident in tests such as Hardgrove grindability index and hardness (Ting, 1977;Stach et al, 1982;Hower et al, 1987;Hower and Wild, 1988;Narayanan et al, 1988;Van Krevelen, 1993;Conroy, 1994;Barton et al, 1994;Klawitter et al, 2015).…”