Report on anthracite open pit mining: a feasibility study. Part I. Summary report. Special research report SR-103

Technical Report · Sat Jan 31 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:5388461

Manula, C B; Knight, C G

This report demonstrates the potential financial feasibility of deep open-pit mining of anthracite coal. It does not, however, address larger policy questions critical to further study and possible implementation of such a mining plan. Among these questions are the development of markets for the anthracite produced; the full scale assessment of social, economic and environmental impacts of open-pit anthracite mining; estimation of costs from most favorable potential mining sites, where mining costs and relocation expenses would be minimized; optimization of mine design with respect to annual productivity, site-specific geology and reserves characteristics; community reaction to a proposal for expanded open-pit mining and potential ancillary industry developed in association with mining (primary metals processing, electric generation); and legal, social and political frameworks applicable should community relocation be required. The importance of these next steps toward decisions on anthracite exploitation should be clear in light of the feasibility analysis reported here.

• Research Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5388461
• Report Number(s): NP-22722
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010900 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Environmental Aspects
012000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Mining
03 NATURAL GAS
030100 -- Natural Gas-- Reserves-- (-1989)
ANTHRACITE
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COAL MINING
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MINING
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SURFACE MINING