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• Longwall mining — is a form of underground coal mining where a long wall (typically about 250 400 m long) of coal is mined in a single slice (typically 1 2 m thick). The longwall panel (the block of coal that is being mined) is typically 3 4 km long and 250 400 m… …   Wikipedia

• Longwall mining —   An automated form of underground coal mining characterized by high recovery and extraction rates, feasible only in relatively flat lying, thick, and uniform coalbeds. A high powered cutting machine is passed across the exposed face of coal,… …   Energy terms

• coal mining — Coal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during the Industrial Revolution and continued to be important until the 1980s. The main coalfields are in north east England, the north… …   Universalium

• mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …   Universalium

• Underground mining (soft rock) — refers to a group of underground mining techniques used to extract coal, oil shale and other minerals or geological materials from sedimentary ( soft ) rocks. Because deposits in sedimentary rocks are commonly layered and relatively less hard,… …   Wikipedia

• Underground mining equipment —   A coal cutting machine is used in conventional mining to undercut, top cut, or shear the coal face so that coal can be fractured easily when blasted. It cuts 9 to 13 feet into the bed.   Continuous auger machine is used in mining coalbeds less… …   Energy terms

• Coal mining — Men leaving a UK colliery at the close of a shift Surface coal mining in Wyo …   Wikipedia

• Соединённые Штаты Америки —         (United States of America), США (USA), гос во в Cев. Aмерике. Пл. 9363,2 тыс. км2. Hac. 242,1 млн. чел. (1987). Cтолица Bашингтон. B адм. отношении терр. США делится на 50 штатов и федеральный (столичный) округ Kолумбия. Oфиц. язык… …   Геологическая энциклопедия

• Underground mining (hard rock) — A three dimensional model of an underground mine with shaft access Underground hard rock mining refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate hard minerals, mainly those containing metals[1] such as ore containing gold …   Wikipedia

• Meco-Moore Cutter Loader — The Meco Moore cutter loader was an early twentieth century British mining machine. It was invented by Mr M. Moore, and developed by the Mining Engineering Company (MECO) of Worcester. It was a heavy machine (120hp / 89.5 kW) and was first used… …   Wikipedia

• AFC — is an abbreviation that may refer to:Technology* Atomic force microscope * Application Foundation Classes, a graphical framework for building Java based graphical user interfaces (GUIs), developed by Microsoft * Automatic Frequency Control *… …   Wikipedia