Structural geological factors in open pit coal mine design, with special reference to thrusting: case study from the Ffyndaff sites in the South Wales Coalfield

1995 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rod Gayer ◽  
Tanya Hathaway ◽  
John Davis
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
The South ◽  
Mine Design ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Geological Factors

Key Factors in the Development of Tourism-Led Local Innovative Heritage Entrepreneurship in the South Wales Valleys

2019 ◽  
pp. 219-239
Author(s):  
Lisa Marie Powell ◽  
Simon Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The South ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Tourism Enterprises

This chapter investigates key factors in the development of tourism-led local innovative heritage entrepreneurship in the South Wales Valleys. It is concerned with opportunities to develop industrial heritage tourism enterprises in the South Wales Valleys, with special reference to Merthyr Tydfil. The analysis involved key partners across community and voluntary sectors, local authorities, funding and tourism bodies under the auspices of the Welsh Government. The research reported on eight case study structured interviews and collated data to investigate, in combination with contemporary literature, key factors including network capital to achieve a sustainable regeneration scheme for innovative heritage entrepreneurship development.

scholarly journals Multi-Criteria Analysis for the Selection of the Optimal Mining Design Solution—A Case Study on Quarry “Tambura”

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3200
Author(s):  
Branimir Farkaš ◽  
Ana Hrastov
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Mine Design ◽  
Promethee Ii ◽  
Mining Design ◽  
Quarry Mine ◽  
Selection Of

Mining design is usually evaluated with different multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods when it comes to large open pit or underground ore mines, but it is not used on quarry sites. Since Croatia is mostly mining stone, the implementation of such methods in decision making of the quarry mine design is imperative but left out. In this paper, the PROMETHEE II and AHP decision-making methods are implemented on the quarry site to find out the best final quarry design contour. By implementing the MCDM methods, the best quarry model was chosen based on 22 different criteria parameters out of three final quarry designs. The chosen model is not only financially sound but also has the least environmental impact.

scholarly journals Recognition of Landscape Key Areas in a Coal Mine Area of a Semi-Arid Steppe in China: A Case Study of Yimin Open-Pit Coal Mine

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shougang Wang ◽  
Jiu Huang ◽  
Haochen Yu ◽  
Chuning Ji
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mine ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Ecological Security ◽  
Recognition Model ◽  
Security Pattern ◽  
Arid Steppe ◽  
Landscape Types ◽  
Total Study Area ◽  
Semi Arid

The ecological integrity and biodiversity of steppes were destroyed under the long-term and high-intensity development of open-pit coal mines in China, causing desertification, steppe degradation, landscape function defect, and so on. As a source of species maintenance and dispersal, an ecological source is a key area for preservation in order to restore the ecological security pattern of the larger landscape. The purpose of this study was to establish a landscape key area recognition model to identify the landscape key areas (LKA) surrounding an open pit coalmine located in semi-arid steppe. This study takes the Yimin open pit mining area as a case study. We assessed Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) and Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) remote sensing images taken during the peak season of vegetation growth from July to August in 1999, 2006, 2011, and 2017. From these images, we identified the main landscape types and vegetation coverage grades in order to identify the ecological land. Next, we applied the three indices of Importance of Patch Connectivity, Habitat Quality, and Ecosystem Service Value to calculate the comprehensive results that identify ecological land. Finally, the ecological land quality results of different years are superimposed and averaged, and then Very Important Patch (VIMP), Important Patch (IMP), and General Patch (GEP) areas were used for LKA extraction. Our results showed LKA to cover 177.35 km2, accounting for 20.01% of the total study area. The landscape types identified as LKA are primarily grassland (47.37%), wetland (40.27%), and shrubland (11.88%), indicating that landscape type correlates strongly with its value as a landscape key area. The proposed landscape key area recognition model could enrich the foundations for ecological planning and ecological security pattern construction in order to support ecological protection and restoration in semi-arid steppe areas affected by coal mining.

The South Wales Peer Review Group: A Case Study in Collaboration Part 1

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-144
Author(s):  
Nizar Mhani ◽  
Peter Fowler ◽  
Benjamin Lewis ◽  
Carlen Chandler ◽  
Aman Ulhaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Review Group ◽  
Group Collaboration ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Group A ◽  
New Strategies

In this two-part article a novel case study is presented of how peer group collaboration, facilitated through digital technology, can be used to aid and facilitate the development of strategies for overcoming work-based challenges. Part 1 illustrates the importance of peer review in dentistry, introduces the inception of the South Wales Peer Review Group and explores the process of assembling the team of collaborators. Part 2 explains how the various considerations were assessed, how the collaborative ideas evolved and what outcomes were agreed. CPD/Clinical Relevance: During the COVID-19 pandemic, new strategies and protocols need to be developed to adhere to emerging and changing guidelines. The process of peer group collaboration is important for shaping the new service beyond the pandemic.

The South Wales Peer Review Group: A Case Study in Collaboration Part 2

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 154-163
Author(s):  
Nizar Mhani ◽  
Peter Fowler ◽  
Benjamin Lewis ◽  
Carlen Chandler ◽  
Aman Ulhaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Review Group ◽  
Group Collaboration ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Group A ◽  
New Strategies

A two-part article is presented where a novel case study of how peer group collaboration, facilitated through digital technology, can be used to aid and facilitate the development of strategies for overcoming work-based challenges. Part 1 illustrated the importance of peer review in dentistry, introduced the inception of the South Wales Peer Review Group and explored the process of assembling the team of collaborators. Part 2 explains how the various considerations were assessed, how the collaborative ideas evolved and what outcomes were agreed. The topics for future discussion, necessary to overcome the challenges ahead, are also outlined. CPD/Clinical Relevance: During the COVID-19 pandemic, new strategies and protocols need to be developed to adhere to emerging and changing guidelines. The process of peer group collaboration is important for shaping the new service beyond the pandemic.

scholarly journals Inter-ramp and bench design of open-pit mines: the Portage pit case study

2011 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 1601-1615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Grenon ◽  
Amélie-Julie Laflamme
Keyword(s):  
Slope Stability ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Mine Design ◽  
Robust Algorithms ◽  
Structural Domains ◽  
Open Pit Mines ◽  
Susceptibility Maps ◽  
Database Structure

Using a case study, this paper presents an integrated methodology for assessing structural slope stability at the inter-ramp and bench levels. Robust algorithms have been developed and implemented to compute, at inter-ramp and bench levels, slope orientations and slope stability using input data compatible with a commercially available mine-design software tool database structure. Multi-criteria stability analyses were performed based on various design criteria. Susceptibility maps were produced enabling the identification of zones of concern in the designed pit. The obtained results suggest that inter-ramp angles do not present instability concerns over the entire pit surface. At bench levels, potential instability zones were identified within two structural domains totalling 6% of the total pit surface.

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