SURFACE MINING METHODSWhat is Mining The extraction of a valuable mineral from the Earth with economical value and safety is termed as MINING Types of Minin
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Get PriceAndrew P Schissler in Encyclopedia of Energy 2024 2 3 Strip Mining Strip mining is employed in coal reserves where the overburden is removed in rectangular blocks in plan view called pits or strips The pits are parallel and adjacent to each other Strip mining is fundamentally different from contour or area mining on how the overburden is displaced called spoil handling
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Get PriceThis article will concentrate on the former Surface mining is predominantly used in obtaining sand gravel crushed stone phosphates coal copper iron and aluminum The materials acquired from the process account for two thirds of the world s solid minerals The majority of surface mining occurs in the United States but there are sites
Get PriceIn particular surface mining is used to retrieve sand gravel stones coal iron and other metals There are five recognized types of surface mining each with specific variations depending on the minerals being extracted These include strip mining open pit mining mountaintop removal dredging and highwall mining
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Get PriceIn total Pyramiden produced approximately 9 million tons of coal between 1955 and 1998 One million tons of this was consumed locally in the power plant; the rest was shipped out of Svalbard The coal seams in Pyramiden are several metres thick but were complicated to extract Therefore the coal mining was discontinued in 1998
Get PriceSurface mining for coal has taken place in the Central Appalachian region of the United States for well over a century with a notable increase since the 1970s Researchers have quantified the ecosystem and health impacts stemming from mining relying in part on a geospatial dataset defining surface mining s extent at a decadal interval
Get PriceThere are five basic steps to these methods of mining Layers 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
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Get Price9 open pit mining funnel shaped hole in ground with ramp spiraling down along sides allows moderately deep ore to be reached Initial mining for zinc at Franklin and Ogdensburg New Jersey USA Photo I took at Bingham 4 km in diameter 1 km in depth at its zenith 400000 tons of rock per day 10
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Get Price5 SURFACE MINING • Surface mining is done by removing stripping surface vegetation dirt and if necessary layers of bedrock in order to reach buried ore deposits or surface mining is the process of extraction of minerals by removal of overburden • Overburden is the rock or waste material which is lying on the mineral to be owned
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