TY - GEN
T1 - Geotechnical considerations in highwall mining applications in Indonesia
AU - Sasaoka, Takashi
AU - Shimada, Hideki
AU - Matsui, Kikuo
AU - Takamoto, Hiroshi
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Indonesia is the second largest coal exporter to Japan. Almost all the coal is produced from open cut mines. However, a great deal of coal is left in the highwalls of the mined-out pits. The use of highwall mining systems has increasingly come into play in the U.S. and Australia, when overburden depth exceeds economical recovery in an open cut mine. However, the stability of the highwalls is always a major safety concern in such mining. This paper describes the characteristics of the highwall mining system and discusses the appropriate highwall mining system for use in Indonesia.
AB - Indonesia is the second largest coal exporter to Japan. Almost all the coal is produced from open cut mines. However, a great deal of coal is left in the highwalls of the mined-out pits. The use of highwall mining systems has increasingly come into play in the U.S. and Australia, when overburden depth exceeds economical recovery in an open cut mine. However, the stability of the highwalls is always a major safety concern in such mining. This paper describes the characteristics of the highwall mining system and discusses the appropriate highwall mining system for use in Indonesia.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79551484059
SN - 9780978938338
T3 - Proceedings - 29th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, ICGCM
SP - 312
EP - 317
BT - Proceedings - 29th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, ICGCM
T2 - 29th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, ICGCM
Y2 - 27 July 2010 through 29 July 2010
ER -