LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM AND NUMERICAL MODEL …

numerical model studies with the simulated materials, geometry etc for typical opencast coal mine, the factor of safety turned out to be more than 1.5, and considered as stable as per the recent ...

A system-wide approach to minimize the …

The production cycle of open-cast coal mines generally includes drilling, blasting, loading, hauling and coal preparation …

Prediction of road dust concentration in open-pit coal mines …

The problem of dust pollution in the open-pit coal mine significantly impacts the health of staff, the regular operation of mining work, and the surrounding environment. At the same time, the open-pit road is the largest dust source. Therefore, it analyzes the influencing factors of road dust concentration in the open-pit coal mine. It is of practical …

ASSESSMENT OF SLOPE STABILITY IN OPENCAST COAL …

open cast mining technology can play a vital role to full fill the demand of estimated coal production. As the open cast mining ... underground mines by conventional methods for about 25 years, only 5.50 M.T. out of 81 M.T. of coal could be extracted which ... creation of models for soil and/or rock slopes and solution of their stability condition.

Stability Analysis of an Open Cut Slope in Wardha Valley …

Open cast mining has developed into a high prominence industry due to exponential rise in the demand for coal. Open cast coal mining's production share is more than that of the underground coal mining (Fig.1) and seeing the recent trends, it will continue to rise in the future too. This pressure on open cast mines to enhance the production ...

open cast mining equipment

open cast mining equipment Innovation out of tradition – It pays to talk to a specialist! ... Diamond Mines in Namibia in 1926. Nowadays, more than 50% of the world's lignite pro …

How to optimize dust pollution control in opencast coal …

The carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals drive innovation in pollution governance systems, unleashing the potential of social supervisory forces to achieve …

Ecological response of land use change in a large opencast coal mine …

As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the study area is located in Pinglu District, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province.Pingshuo mining area is the largest opencast coal production base at the end of the 20th century. In order to highlight the research on the land use and ecological response of mining activities, urbanization, and land reclamation in …

Success in solving mine dewatering

A similar solution is also provided for the open cast Moatize coal mine in Mozambique where the water levels must remain low for continuous production reliability. ... In Mexico's Zacatecas silver mines underground water is a constant problem. ... KSB Indonesia launched a new model, the DnD Cruiser with enhancements requested by …

Advances in coal mining technology and sustainable mining …

It has 352 mines (as of April 1, 2020), of which 158 are underground, 174 open cast, and 20 mixed mines. CIL further operates 12 coal washeries (10 coking coal and 2 noncoking coal) and manages other establishments such as workshops and hospitals (Ministry of Coal, India).

Prediction of dust concentration in open cast coal mine …

Lal B. et al., in the paper entitled "Prediction of Dust Concentration in Open Cast Coal Mine Using Artificial Neural Network" [16] developed 3 models for predicting the concentration of dust ...

Economical Operation & Estimation of …

Undetected faults in heavy earth moving machinery (HEMM) are associated with unwanted failures. Dragline is an HEMM used in coal mining for removal of overburden and dumping it into de-coaled area.

Water and energy assessment for dewatering in opencast mines

The model has been illustrated with a case study of an opencast coal mine in India. For this mine, the SWR of 22.83 m 3 /t and SEC of 8.97 kWh/t are estimated for rainfall of 100 mm/d. The results show that the SEC increases by 34% from 3rd year in 1998 (6.65 kWh/t) to the 15th year (8.97 kWh/t).

Open Pit Mining

Open pit mining method is one of the surface mining methods that has a traditional cone-shaped excavation and is usually employed to exploit a near-surface, nonselective and low-grade zones deposits. It often results in high productivity and requires large capital investments, low operating costs, and good safety conditions. The main …

Improving Slope Stability in Open Cast Mines via …

element models, and pre-flawed sandstones are studied. These models assist in evaluation of slopes in open cast mines that are located near stone beds, thereby improving their scalability. Artificial neural networks (ANN) have been applied successfully in slope stability problems (Feng, et. al 2018) [27], however they do have certain …

Dynamic simulation of an opencast coal mine: a case study …

Dynamic simulations are powerful tools, but only if they are developed using the correct methodology, and with information that has been verified. Mining houses rely on simulation to confirm that complex, integrated systems can achieve design capacity before investment decisions are made. Work conducted in the realm of validation can make an …

Reliability-based analysis of probability density function and …

The research article presents a reliability-based analysis of probability density function, and the failure rate of a shovel-dumper system was determined based on Weibull distribution in an open cast coal mine. Referring to the bathtub-model along with the Weibull distribution of a shovel and dumpers, decreasing, constant and increasing failure …

Design of an Effective Illumination System for an Opencast Coal Mine

Research studies carried out on opencast mine illumination by different investigators are limited in both India and abroad. Mayton [] investigated different surface mining operations in various regions of the United States using visual task evaluation, a method used by the CIE and the IES and data were collected for surface mines and …

Design of an Effective Illumination System for an Opencast Coal Mine

The model was designed according to CIE 140/EN 13201 illumination standard and the existing design was as per Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) standards.

An empirical model for the noise propagation in open cast mines …

Data obtained from 312 measurement stations of sound propagation in panel 48 of the Tuncbilek open cast mine, Western Lignite Corporation, Turkey have been used to create an empirical model for such propagation. As well as the noise level recorded at these stations, atmospheric conditions were recorded also by the meteorological station …

Developing an XGBoost model to predict blast-induced peak particle

Ground vibration is one of the most undesirable effects induced by blasting operations in open-pit mines, and it can cause damage to surrounding structures. Therefore, predicting ground vibration is important to reduce the environmental effects of mine blasting. In this study, an eXtreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) model was …

(PDF) Reliability centred maintenance (RCM) for heavy …

This paper details the optimization framework model for managing the schedule of the movable mining equipment of open cast mines to improve the availability and productivity of the mining equipment.

Remote Sensing | Free Full-Text | Land Cover …

Remote sensing technologies can play a fundamental role in the environmental assessment of open-cast mining and the accurate quantification of mine land rehabilitation efforts. Here, we developed a …

Remote sensing of vegetation health for reclaimed areas of …

Due to rising coal demand for energy, open-cast coal mines, as well as concerns about their environmental impact, have increased globally. Such mines, often situated in forested areas outside ...

Optimization of drill bit replacement time in open-cast coal mines

case study was carried out in an open-cast coal mine using. ... open pit mines. Simul Model Pract Theory 87:138–154. Ozdemir B, Kumral M (2018b) A system-wide approach to minimize.

Design Considerations for Waste Dumps in Indian Opencast Coal Mines …

Proper design of waste dumps in open cast mines is essential to avoid any large-scale dump failure which may have significant impacts on safety as well as the economics of an open-pit project.

A system-wide approach to minimize the operational cost of …

The production cycle of open-cast coal mines generally includes drilling, blasting, loading, hauling and coal preparation activities. Individual optimization of these activities does not mean that the whole system is optimized. This paper proposes a cost model considering all activities in mining cycle and system-wide approach to minimize …