This handbook on surface strip coal mining serves as a general introduction to the subject of mining specifically surface strip coal mining It is intended as handbook for engineers who are new to the field of mining engineering or for students who are entering the field with little prior knowledgearea strip mining type of surface mining used where the terrain is flat an earthmover strips away the overburden and a power shovel digs a cut to remove the mineral deposit The trench is then filed with overburden and a new cut is made parallel to the previous one
اطلاعات بیشترMar 16 32 Strip Mining is used when coal is near the surface of when the overburden is unstable As mining progresses the overburden is placed in the previous mine cavity The mining is done in long narrow strips The waste dirt and rock that they take off of the top of the next strip is to put on top of the last one Explosives are put in holes and Nov 09 32 Mining for Coal in Stellarton on Nov6 This feature is not available right now Please try again later
اطلاعات بیشترSurface mining at these scales is more economical for coal companies safer for miners and coal operators say essential for mining the thin seams of lower sulfur coal more valuable in today’s market With dynamite and immense machines surface mines can produce more than two to three times as much coal per miner as underground mines canStrip mining Strip mining is the practice of mining a seam of mineral by first removing a long strip of overlying soil and rock the overburden It is most commonly used to mine coal or tar sandStrip mining is only practical when the ore body to be excavated is relatively near the surface
اطلاعات بیشترLayers of rock and dirt above and between the coal seams are removed Coal seams are removed with excess soil and rock placed in an adjacent valley Large scale earth moving equipment is used to excavate and remove coal from lower layers The equipment used depends on the method and scale of the surface mining method being employedparticipate effectively in controlling the abuses of strip mining it is important to understand the basic techniques of surface mining and the types of environmental damage that can result The Mechanics of Strip Mining This section describes the five main types of surface coal mining techniques area mining open pit mining contour
اطلاعات بیشترcoal mining and processing equipment surface mining coal mining physical extraction of coal resources to yield coal also the business of exploring for developing mining and transporting coal in any form Strip mining is the process in which the overburden earth and rock material overlying the coal is removed to expose a coal seam or Surface mining of coal is an alternative to underground mining and it is practiced as strip mining the most common form and auger mining Some coal is also produced through dredging and culm bank ie anthracite waste piles recovery but these quantities tend to be relatively small compared to underground strip and auger mining
اطلاعات بیشترSurface Mining Test 2 STUDY PLAY Surface Mining Methods in Hilly Terrain Contour Strip Mining done immediately after contour strip mining Contour Auger/Highwall Depth of Penetration is dependent on seam thickness works well when upper coal surface is a roadbed easy to maintain pit floor grade lowered possibility Surface mining allows the removal of coal from the surface rather than through underground tunnels It requires the stripping away of earth rock and vegetation collectively known as overburden from above the coal deposit which can then be mined and trucked away
اطلاعات بیشترStrip mining handbook Natural Resources Law Center/Red Lodge Clearinghouse Glossary of Mining Terms The face of the exposed overburden and coal seam in an open cut of a surface coal mining activity or for entry to underground mining activiti 30 CFR Áew Appalachian Region Appalachian Resources Project Aspects of Coal back to approximate contour back to contour fill backfill slope bench areas Big Mary Civil Engineering Department Coal Production Coal Strip Mining contour coal strip developed DOE Contract doſ East Tennessee Environmental Aspects erosion Figure I 1 Table flows increased
اطلاعات بیشترApr 07 32 Contour mining is a type of strip or surface mining that follows the contour of a hill or mountain leaving terraces in the mountainside An advantage of contour mining is the safety One disadvantage is soil erosionFeb 25 32 For those who are unfamiliar strip mining is a form of surface mining that focuses on the collection of tar sand and coal which both rest somewhat close to Earth’s surface Those who support strip mining point to the increased ease of access and all of its attendant benefits Detractors point to the controversies surrounding this method
اطلاعات بیشترSurface mining techniques are categorized as either strip open pit or mountaintop removal Strip mining is a method used on flat terrain and involves removing soil or rock above a layer of coal exposing the coal seam for mining One type of strip mining is contour mining where extraction activities occur on a hillsideWhen coal seams are near the surface it may be economical to extract the coal using open cut also referred to as open cast open pit mountaintop removal or strip mining methods Open cast coal mining recovers a greater proportion of the coal deposit than underground methods as more of the coal seams in the strata may be exploited This equipment can include the following Draglines which
اطلاعات بیشترOct 14 32 SMCRA was a response to rapid expansion of surface coal mining in the late s and early s the effort to create a national uniform law that applied to surface mining of coal and efforts to regulate the remediation of strip mined areas following coal extractionparticipate effectively in controlling the abuses of strip mining it is important to understand the basic techniques of surface mining and the types of environmental damage that can result The Mechanics of Strip Mining This section describes the five main types of surface coal mining techniques area mining open pit mining contour
اطلاعات بیشترStrip mining is the practice of mining a seam of mineral by first removing a long strip of overlying soil and rock the overburden It is most commonly used to mine coal and lignite brown coal Strip mining is only practical when the ore body to be excavated is relatively near the surfaceWhen coal seams are near the surface it may be economical to extract the coal using open cut also referred to as open cast open pit mountaintop removal or strip mining methods Open cast coal mining recovers a greater proportion of the coal deposit than underground methods as more of the coal seams in the strata may be exploited This equipment can include the following Draglines which
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