Utah Development Company Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Utah Development Company (UDC) operates five large opencut coal mines in the Bowen Basin of Central Queensland, Australia. In total, over 20 million tonnes of coking coal are exported annually from the five mines. Typically, the coal seams dip at 5 percent, are 2 to 10 metres thick, and sub-crop some 20 to 40 metres below surface. In the main, the operations are single seam, but multiseam (2, 3 or 4 seams) operations do exist and will form an increasing proportion of the mining activities as depths increase. Draglines are used as the major stripping equipment, highwall depths currently ranging from 20 to 65 metres. Whilst project feasibilities were based on stripping to a 60 metre highwall, it is now proposed to continue opencut mining to depths exceeding 100 metres. This will entail large quantities of prestripping (ahead of the draglines) and overcoming problems associated with steepening seam dips, including haulage of coal from the pits.
- Research Organization:
- Utah Development Company, Central Queensland
- OSTI ID:
- 7127380
- Journal Information:
- Prepr., Soc. Min. Eng. AIME; (United States), Journal Name: Prepr., Soc. Min. Eng. AIME; (United States) Vol. 82-321; ISSN PMAID
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AUSTRALIA
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COAL DEPOSITS
COAL MINES
COAL SEAMS
DRAGLINES
EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
EXPORTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGIC STRATA
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
INCLINED STRATA
MATERIALS
MATERIALS HANDLING
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MINE HAULAGE
MINERAL RESOURCES
MINES
MINING
PRODUCTION
RESOURCES
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