The CMT can develop a virgin seam for coal extraction by the bord and pillar method The size of pillars left for withstanding the roof load is guided by the coal mine regulations Introducing CM in virgin seam depends on the mining method; once the entire specified block of 5 6 pillars is formed one can plan for depillaring Accordingly a
A method of designing bord and pillar workings — M O G Salomon 69 DESIGN PROCEDURE Basic concepts The statistical analysis has led to the derivation of a formula by which the strength of a pillar with square cross section can be defined in terms of its height h and width w that is
Bord and Pillar method by which the coal seam is extracted by making intersecting headings that provide coal pillars as a natural support for the development stage and gallery after the pillar has been extracted [1] Longwall It is a mechanized method of underground coal mining A shearer is a coal cutting machine that is placed in the
In Australia the major coal mi ning methods are as follows x Underground mining operations x Longwall mining and x Bord and pillar mining also known as room and pillar mining x Surface mining operations x Open cut mining strip mining o Using draglines o Using truck and shovels and
In India bord and pillar is one of the popular underground mining methods for coal extraction Bord and pillar are the two basic structures that need to be appropriately designed for the success of mining operations The performance of these structures depends on geo mining conditions state of stress and geotechnical properties of strata
The document discusses the bord and pillar method of underground coal mining It describes how the method involves driving a series of parallel roads separated by blocks of coal pillars to develop the mine After development the pillars are extracted in the depillaring stage Key aspects covered include statutory provisions equipment used pillar design
The bord and pillar system is the most commonly used method of underground coal mining in India in which the mining operation is commenced in two phases development and depillaring The galleries are formed during the development phase leaving pillars whereas splitting/slicing the pillars has to be carried out in the
South Africa is one of the leading producers and exporters of coal globally A significant amount of the country s production is obtained from previously mined underground bord and pillar workings This coal is in the form of pillars and remnants on the roof and floor of the old workings The good quality coal pillars were left behind as primary support during underground
The paper points out that bord and pillar mining is the most important method of coal extraction in South African underground coal mines and advocates that pillar design procedures should be
2 Bord and pillar extraction is the older of the methods and The word bord is not a misspelling of board but a mining term for an underground space or room created to access the coal
This diagram shows the traditional method of bord and pillar mining Miners extracted coal along roadways or bords with the coal between the bords acting as pillars holding up the roof The outer pillars were then mined leaving the roof to collapse in a controlled way as the miners retreated towards the exit
The Bord and Pillar B & P mining method still continues to be popular where deployment of manual miners is more than that of other mining methods The study is conducted at haulage based mine of
paramount The success of platinum mining by the bord and pillar method depends heavily on a comprehensive and dependable pillar design method Pillars need to be large enough to safely support the load and small enough to avoid loss of resources A critical evaluation of current pillar design systems used in narrow reef platinum mining was
Two dominant methods together account for the vast majority of underground coal mining room and pillar and longwall mining In room and pillar mining seams of coal are mined partially leaving large pillars of coal intact to support the overlying layers of by this method creates a network of alternating open spaces and large pillars of coal Fig a
paramount The success of platinum mining by the bord and pillar method depends heavily on a comprehensive and dependable pillar design method Pillars need to be large enough to safely support the load and small enough to avoid loss of resources A critical evaluation of current pillar design systems used in narrow reef platinum mining was
different methods have been approached keeping in mind the production and safety One of such methods is the Bord and Pillar method of mining Bord and Pillar method of mining is one of the oldest methods The key to the successful Bord and Pillar mining is selecting the optimum pillar size If the pillars are too small the mine will collapse
Among different methods of underground mining technology adopted for coal extraction bord and pillar mining is the most popular and predominant method of underground mining in India This method is characterised with small capital investment and faster rate of return on capital Varying geomining conditions demand scientific approach for design of
The bord and pillar system is the most popular underground coal mining method in India concerning the geo mining complexities The conventional mining practices adopt a cyclic process of drill and blast to extract the coal Numbers of technical advancements have been witnessed in the underground coal mining sector during the
In coal mining Mining methodsclassified into four distinct categories room and pillar longwall shortwall and thick seam Read More; open stoping methods In stoping A common open stoping method is room and pillar mining in which pillars of ore are left standing to support the rock over a flat lying ore body Read More
Bord and pillar mining The following methods are commonly used in bord and pillar method for development and depillaring using continuous miner Development 1 Bord and pillar method Depillaring 1 Split and Fender system 2 Nevid method of mining Continuous miner A continuous miner is a large steel drum equipped with a
Bord and pillar method of mining coal seam involves driving two sets of parallel inseam headings one set being orthogonal to another thereby forming square or rectangular pillars These pillars are subsequently extracted allowing the overlying strata to cave in the decoaled area In some cases where circumstances so