Tectonics as the limiting factor for introducing the long wall mining method in coal deposits

Tektonika kao ograničavajući faktor uvođenja metoda širokočelnog otkopavanja ležišta uglja

Abstract

  On the basis of theoretical knowledge and theoretical experience this paper presents the principles according to which it is necessary to assess the possibility and technical/economic effects of the long wall mining of coal deposits that have expressed radial tectonics. In addition, we had in mind that tectonics is the basic limiting factor for application of mechanized mining of the coal deposits in Serbia. It is necessary to survey deposits with expressed tectonics in the phase of geological explorations, and especially to study them in the function of optimal projecting of underground mining work and methods of mining. Legal rules in force applying to this field are not an adequate basis for exact conclusions.