Abutment — In coal mining, (1) the weight of the rocks above a narrow roadway is transferred to the solid coal along the sides, which act as abutments of the arch ......
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MINING . This page primarily focuses on metallurgical mining, though many of the terms, processes, and concepts are the same within the non-metallurgical extraction ......
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Slag is the glass-like by-product left over after a desired metal has been separated (i.e., smelted) from its raw ore. Slag is usually a mixture of metal oxides and ......
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Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine is an open-pit mine in the Namibia Desert, about 80km east of Walvis Bay, Namibia. The uranium deposit was discovered in 1973 and the ......
You can also check the Durham Mining Museum and Ian Winstanley's Site. I have also used 'A Pit Terminology - Glossary Used in Coal Mining' a publication compiled by ......
Coal and oil shale. When applied to coal mining tailings ponds and oil sands tailings ponds, the term "tailings" refers to fine waste suspended in water....
A. Abutment - In coal mining, (1) the weight of the rocks above a narrow roadway is transferred to the solid coal along the sides, which act as abutments of the arch ......
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Top of this page. 6.4.2 Geochemical Weathering Processes. Factors that control the generation of ARD and other mine drainages (see Chapter 1) are described in Chapter 2....
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