The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to mining Mining extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually but not always from an ore body vein or coal seam Any material that cannot be grown from agricultural processes or created artificially in a laboratory or factory is usually mined
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Get PriceThe three main types of surface coal mining are strip mining open pit mining and mountaintop removal MTR mining Surface Mining Strip Mining Strip mining is used where coal seams are located very near the surface and can be removed in massive layers or strips
Get PriceLongwall Miner Twenty percent to 30 percent of mined coal underground is from longwall mining This is performed by a mechanical cutter that shears coal off from a panel on the seam The panel being worked on may be up to 800 feet in width and 7 000 feet in length Mined coal is deposited onto a conveyor that moves the coal to a collection area
Get PriceContour mining is a method of coal mining that is used in mountainous regions It requires the use of various earth moving equipment such as bulldozers shovels and backhoes The process is flexible allowing people to choose to stay in the mine for a certain period of time and then re enter the market based on market conditions
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Get PriceOpen Pit As the name suggests open pit mining involves mining minerals or ore that can be found near the surface layer of the site That being said some quarries can be over 1000 meters deep This form of mining doesn t require tunnelling into the earth and is a simple method of mining that yields high production rates The Fimiston Open
Get PriceAn American uses an average of 40 000 pounds of new minerals each year and the state that produces the most coal in Wyoming Types of Mining The face is the end of the block including the longwall equipment The other end of the block usually includes one of the mine s main travel roads and there is a cavity behind the
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Get Price1 Coal Mining Surface Equipment Prepared 2 Open Cut Mining Method 3 DRILLING BLASTING Blasting is an integral part of surface mining operations To uncover coal reserves the rocks overlying the coal are broken with explosives and excavated with various types of large earth moving equipment
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Get PriceThis type of mining is the traditional method of underground mining used in Pennsylvania and can result in as much as 75% recovery of the target coal seam Longwall Mining A mechanized coal shearer is mounted between a conveyer system and a series of self advancing hydraulic roof supports
Get PriceCoal Types Formation and Methods of Mining Legend CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN SILURIAN DEVONIAN MISSISSIPPIAN PENNSYLVANIAN PERMIAN TRIASSIC JURASSIC CRETACEOUS TERTIARY QUATERNARY World Wide Contemporary Coal Reserves by Continent Coal is an organic sediment consisting of a complex mixture of substances
Get PriceThis equipment includes excavators draglines drills roof bolters continuous miners longwall miners rock dusters shuttle cars and scoops Excavators Miners traditionally used shovels and steam shovels to break and remove earth but today s miners rely on excavators
Get PriceIn case that persons are trapped underground as a result of shaft and roadway damage due to a major disaster accident in a mine the most effective way of rescue is to construct the rescue channel in a safely and efficient manner The rescue channel is divided into the underground and ground types Building a large diameter rescue channel through the collapsed section is the most direct way
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Get PriceThe types of minerals that are mined can include coal precious or semi precious metals crude oil and natural gas There are many types of heavy digging equipment used for mining operations as we will focus on the top 6 heavy machines Dragline Excavator Dragline excavators are commonly used for strip mining operations when obtaining coal
Get PriceThe demand for high quality coal can be met by adopting underground production methods such as cut and fill bord and pillar shrinkage stopping and longwall coal mining These methods are supported by highly mechanised equipment Key among these are continuous miners longwall mining load haul dumper and sub level stoping
Get PriceAbove ground or surface mining includes strip mining open pit mining and mountaintop removal mining Essentially surface mining is the term used to describe any mining where the rock overlying the mineral deposit is removed In underground mining the overlying rock is left intact Minerals are removed via shafts and tunnels
Get Pricetypes of coal mining Coal mining Wikipedia the free encyclopedia The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity Subbituminous and bituminous coal dominate coal
Get PriceList of equipment used in opencast coal mining are 1 Bulldozer 2 Craper 3 Ripper 4 Tractor Shovel 5 Dipper Shovel 6 Stripper Shovel 7 Pull Shovel or Hoe 8 Dumpers or Tippers 9 Drag Line 10 Road Grader 11 Rock Drills
Get PriceCoal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production In the United Kingdom and South Africa a coal mine and its structures are a colliery a coal mine is called a pit
Get PriceMining coal Coal miners use large machines to remove coal from the earth Many coal deposits called coal beds or seams are near the earth s surface while others are deep mining methods allow coal miners to easily reach most of the nation s coal reserves and to produce about three times more coal in one hour than in 1978
Get PriceHere are all the types of mining tools used in surface mining Blasthole drills Bucket wheel excavators Dozers Dragline excavators Graders Highwall miners Mining trucks Shovels Wheel tractor scrapers Blasthole drills Blasthole drills are mining machines that drill holes into the earth s surface for placing explosives
Get PriceBituminous Even greater pressure results in the creation of bituminous or soft coal This is the type most commonly used for electric power generation in the It has a higher heating value than either lignite or subbituminous but less than that of anthracite Bituminous coal is mined chiefly in Appalachia and the Midwest
Get PriceLow grade friable ore deposits Iron copper nickel and gold mines Deposits where both the ore and rock are breakable It is widely believed that surface mining is more productive than most underground mining methods with the exception of block caving which has a comparable rate of productivity Previous Post
Get PriceBucket wheel excavators or BWEs as they are more commonly known are large pieces of equipment used to dig up large amounts of material in open mining such as coal mining Compared to other large pieces of heavy equipment this one is very big One of the most important parts of this bucket wheel excavator is a big movable wheel on a big arm
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Get PriceIn strip mining the overburden is mined and moved by the same equipment draglines or continuous excavators The movement of overburden in strip mining is called the casting process The operating sequence for each pit includes drilling and blasting followed by overburden casting then coal removal
Get PriceThe most common types of surface mining equipment fall into these categories Earth Moving / Construction Extraction Material Hauling / Transportation Processing Storage / Stockpiling Shipping Facilities / Maintenance / Operations Of course we could simply list the specific pieces of equipment with some pretty pictures
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