Underground coal minig - global picture and brief overview
Underground mining currently accounts for a bigger share of world coal production than opencast • About 60% from the total production is from underground mines • In several major coal producing countries surface mining is more common. For example, surface mining accounts for around 80% of product...
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| Format: | Documento de Conferencia |
| Language: | spa |
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2021
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| Online Access: | http://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/7789 |
| Summary: | Underground mining currently accounts for a bigger share of world coal production than opencast
• About 60% from the total production is from underground
mines
• In several major coal producing countries surface mining is more common. For example, surface mining accounts for around 80% of production in Australia;
• In the USA it is used for about 30% of production. |
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