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highwall

[′hī‚wȯl]
(mining engineering)
The unexcavated face of exposed overburden and coal or ore in an opencast mine or the face or bank of the uphill side of a contour strip-mine excavation.
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Both products complement the Highwall Enterprise product line which offers best-of-breed sensor and antenna technology, including centralized management software.
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There are some minor problems with folding and faulting affecting the highwalls.
Elkview ramps up: John Chadwick explains how GPS-based systems are helping efforts to raise output to take advantage of strong coal markets
Highwall seeps can also act as sources of acid mine drainage.
Encouraging re-mining and reclamation of abandoned mined lands in Appalachia: policy options
Terex Corporation today announced that it has acquired Superior Highwall Miners, Inc.
Terex Acquires Superior Highwall Miners, Inc
Criteria such as distance from the highwall face, or comparison of design vs.
New software releases help bring crucial elements into better focus for mines
Tenders are invited for Pre Nit For Introduction Of Highwall Mining Technology With Associated Equipments (H M Package) For Cutting, Loading And Transportation Of Coal (Without Blasting) On Hiring Basis At Batura Highwall Project Of Sohagpur Area As Detailed In The Nit.
Pre Nit For Introduction Of Highwall Mining Technology With Associated Equipments (h M Package For Cutting, Loading And Transportation Of Coal (without Blasting On Hiring Basis At Batura Highwall Project Of Sohagpur Area As Detailed In The Nit
In addition, the direct drive drum allows the operator to cut an 80[degrees] highwall for slope stability purposes.
Terrain leveler enables precise mining with uniform fragment size
During the subsequent Special Investigation, the mine manager and the driller who was working below the highwall that day explained that they had both inspected the highwall before work commenced, discussed it and had both agreed that they had no concerns.
Task training: how MSHA cites operators for unsafe acts: there are two main reasons MSHA focuses on unsafe conditions, not unsafe acts, and those reasons are related
Ken Goldberg of Highwall Technologies and his partners in the Sarasota start-up company are banking that their Highwall Sentinel network appliance will lead the defense against wireless intruders.
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proposed to extend and steepen the highwall in the northwest sector of the pit to a height of 305 m, with the additional mining of 11.
Montana Tunnels feasibility for Knight Piesold
9 million from its insurance provider to cover the full cost of repair to its highwall miner, minus a $50,000 deductible, which was damaged in March as a result of a rock collapse.
National Coal Corp. Recoups $1.9 Million Insurance Claim Filed as a Result of First Quarter Highwall Miner Repairs
Cornett was a foreman at Commonwealth Mining's Tinsley Branch 61 highwall mine near Pikeviile on October 7, 2014, when he allowed miner Justin Mize to enter a non-supported auger hole.
Mine foreman pleads guilty in death case

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