CIL Chairman Pramod Agrawal Visits Highwall Operations in USA
Highwall mining may prove to be a game changer for the gainful extraction of high grade coal in ECL, BCCL and CCL.
New Delhi . Pramod Agrawal, Chairman, CIL, Dr. B. Veera Reddy, Director-Technical,CIL and M.K.Singh, ED & TS to Chairman, CIL visited and examined the highwall mining equipment & its operation at Ben’s Creek Operations, a mine at Logan, West Virginia, USA.
In the lush green valley of the Appalachian mountains, this high grade metallurgical coal mine operates profitable mining operations, with sustainability and efficient extraction of a one metre thick coal seam leading to optimal exploitation of coal reserves as its prime objective.
The CIL delegation was impressed with about 70% extraction of coal reserves by highwall mining. They discussed the operations with Dave Johns, the project Manager of Highwall operations at the mine.
CIL is looking forward to unlock the reserves stranded in the opencast mines that were discontinued after reaching limited stripping ratio.
Highwall mining may prove to be a game changer for the gainful extraction of high grade coal in ECL, BCCL and CCL.
