The known cooling methods for the high-temperature operating environment of a mine mainly include ventilation, refrigeration, heat insulation, and individual protection. Among them, the superior performance and wide application of the heat insulation materials have attracted the attention of the coal mining industry. In this paper, three types of mineral insulation materials were prepared using basalt fiber, glass fiber, vitrified microbeads in combination with cement, sand, high-strength ceramsite, water, etc. In addition, the thermal conductivity and compressive strength of the prepared specimens were assessed. The results show that the test specimen containing basalt fiber had a great thermal insulation effect and achieved the required compressive strength. Furthermore, according to the COMSOL simulation results, the test specimen containing basalt fiber had a better thermal insulation effect than the ordinary concrete materials. Therefore, the research results of this article have guiding significance to search for new mine thermal insulation materials.

To solve high-temperature-induced hazards in mines, heat-insulating materials were prepared by utilising basalt fibres and high-strength ceramsite combined with cementing materials. Through orthogonal tests and data analyses, the optimal combination of the heat-insulating materials doped with basalt fibres was determined as A₁B₁C₁, that is, doping with 45% basalt fibres, a length of the basalt fibres of 6 mm, and doping with 20% ceramsite. The performance indices corresponding to the optimal comprehensive combination of the heat-insulating materials doped with basalt fibres included a density of 1200 kg/m³, thermal conductivity of 0.151 W/(mK), compressive strength of 9.7 MPa, flexural strength of 3.6 MPa, and a water-seepage depth of 25.4 mm. Numerical simulations verified that the materials presented favourable thermal insulation performance.