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... application of the integrated mining process in Kuzbass is dated back to 2000-s as a result of scientific-methodical substantiation of the complex physicotechnical geotechnology at Institute of Coal SB RAS and technico-economic justification of investment ventures at Sibirginsky coal open mine (Novosibirsk), Mokhovsky openpit (Baikaimsky Mine). In 2017 coal production by the integrated mining process reached 59424 thou t or 25 % of the total coal production at Kuzbass mines (Figure 1). 57 466 thou t fall on the underground mining and 124 560 thou t fall on open mining. ...
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... It leads to a permanent waste of resources, which impedes the progression of green mining. Highwall mining can effectively exploit the resources [8] below the end-slope and extend the service life of the open-pit [9,10], which is essential for its sustainable development and for the practice of green mining. There are two types of methods for highwall mining. ...
Open-pit mining is a common method for extracting coal, but considerable resources are often left unrecovered at the bottom of end-slopes, leading to a permanent waste of resources. This research presents a sustainable approach of multi-layer highwall mining at different levels to address the issue of abundant resources left unrecovered at the bottom of the end-slope in thick-seam open-pit mines. The interlayer between the upper and lower entries is simplified into a beam structure model, the bending moment distribution characteristics of the beam under a load of highwall miner are analyzed, and a method for calculating the thickness range of the interlayer is proposed. The web pillar width and interlayer thickness, obtained theoretically, are verified through a numerical simulation, and the results of mining a single layer are compared to those of mining multiple layers. The results show that the web pillar width and interlayer thickness derived from the numerical simulation are basically the same as those of the theoretical analysis. Compared with single layer mining, the vertical stress on the web pillar in the lowest panel is reduced by 14.83~18.25%, and the safety factor of the web pillar is increased to 0.27. The web pillars and interlayers at different elevations are stable during multi-layer highwall mining. These findings support the feasibility of multi-layer highwall mining for resource recovery, which is conducive to sustainable mining.
In recent years, there has been a decline in the efficiency of coal mining by traditional methods. On the one hand, the volume of coal outside the contour of the cut, which is economically impractical for open-pit mining, is increasing. On the other hand, when using underground geotechnology, the cost of production exceeds the cost of performing mining operations using open geotechnology, this is due to differences in the factors of operation of the open pit and the mine. This circumstance determines the use of open-underground technology for mining coal reserves outside the contour of the open pit as an actual and promising direction. This article describes a methodological approach based on the use of technological schemes for the preparation and treatment of reserves of powerful shallow coal seams, the justification of the parameters of combined geotechnology with a coordinated and balanced development of open and open-underground mining operations with the distribution of reserves for open and open-underground mining of coal reserves beyond the limit contour of the open pit, the preparation of excavation sites directly from its workings and the coordination of production capacity and the speed of their development. Its application will increase the production capacity of the coal mining complex without additional environmental burden and will provide an increased return on investment.
The high cost of any traditional coal mines consists of many factors their operation, one which is basically drainage. In mines and sections Russia, on average, for each ton coal mined, more than 2 m3 water is pumped from mine workings to day surface. For this work, more than 10 thousand pumping units with a total installed capacity about 1 million kW are used at mining enterprises. Therefore, rational design and proper operation, in particular, drainage plants mining enterprises are important technical and economic tasks today and in future, which leads to increased production volumes and a transition to a new stage in development coal industry using new technologies. The application mining technology structure mine sites located on a coal mine is considered. The result is that at design stage it becomes possible to highlight use of water pumping measures only at stage preparatory mine workings, reducing production costs for equipment and its operation, volumetric work, mine workings for water collectors and allocation personnel from drainage site to more significant work . A comparative analysis of two options is given, in terms efficiency wastewater disposal, namely actual situation of a certain period at enterprise SUEK-Kuzbass JSC mine Taldinskaya Zapadnaya-2 and the use mine sites.
The paper discusses the main disadvantages of strip and underground mining methods and possibilities of eliminating the disadvantages through introducing a combined technology of coal deposit mining. Combined coal mining technology is the method comprising elements of several geotechnologies, for example, underground and strip mining, as well as, possibly, underwater mining, borehole and other techniques of deposit mining. The combined coal mining technology provides for unified layout for opening, development, production and processing of reserves for the whole LoM on the basis of general technological solutions made in advance. Such complex solutions for opening and development of deposit reserves within the opencast and underground mining contour allows minimizing the volume of openings and reducing the time for commissioning, investment costs, as well as decreasing the costs for aerage, drainage, rock mass hauling and land reclamation. Substantiation of deposit opening options should comprehensively take into account technical, organizational, and economic factors [34–37]. Analysis of the options as exemplified by the Makar’evskoe coal deposit development in Kuzbass allows to conclude that the combined method is promising and promotes increasing optimal volumes of coal production, while reducing the deposit development time by about 15 %, and increase the net present value compared to underground and opencast mining options more than 5 times.
