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Longwall shearers cut away the face of a coal seam in longwall mining operations by mounting over an armored face conveyor (AFC). They are equipped with cutting drums positioned against the coal seam ...

The project is set to use the destructive longwall mining method, where bladed machines shear coal from expanses as wide as 1,000 feet, extracting coal from an area that can extend well over a mile.

The mine has 307.9 million tons of coal in reserves and is a longwall mining operation, which requires removing nearly the entire coal seam underground in long, wide panels that can be 1,400 feet ...

Whitehaven Coal has delivered a solid September quarter's run-of-mine production of 1.6 million tonnes, which was up 5% compared with the June quarter as the ...

Plow systems extract segments of coal across the face of a coal seam during longwall mining procedures. They are used in lieu of a shearer on coal seam thickness less than 1.8 meters in height, and ...

Following an Inside Climate News investigation, inspectors from the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement inspected the Oak Grove Mine, the home explosion site and the house of a ...