Underground mining activity in the karst mountain in southwestern China has induced
several large-scale rocky landslides and has caused serious casualties. At present, there is …

The retained coal in the end slope of an open-pit mine can be mined by the highwall mining
techniques. However, the instability mechanism of the reserved rib pillar under dynamic …

With an increasing number of multi-seam mining projects, the problem of strata movement
caused by multi-seam mining has attracted increasing attention. Previous studies have …

The primary problem needed to be solved in mining close coal seams is to understand
quantitatively the floor failure depth of the upper coal seam. In this study, according to the …

Highwall mining (HWM) technology is an efficient method for exploiting residual coal
resources in Chinese open-pit coal mines. However, on-site personnel and equipment can …

Due to technological and safety limitations, there are considerable amounts of coal
resources pressed under end slopes in open-pit coal mines. In recent years, this problem …

There is global concern about the stability of rock slopes in open pit mines while the limit
equilibrium technique used for modeling complex geometries and forces fails to provide a …

Numerous room-and-pillar mining goaf are apparent in western China due to increasing
small coal mining activities, which causes the collapse of the overlying coal pillars and the …

This comprehensive technical book on highwall mining covers theory and practice coupled
with practical examples and design aspects. It contains eight extensive chapters elaborating …

In central part of India, there are several reported cases of overburden dump failures in coal
mines those directly attributed to presence of weak floor. To improve stability of a dump over …