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Overburden Dump Stability

Thank you for the presentation. These proposed areas of research on overburden dump stability could help improve safety and land use in coal mining operations.

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Overburden Dump Stability

Thank you for the presentation. These proposed areas of research on overburden dump stability could help improve safety and land use in coal mining operations.

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Presentation

Presentation for
for Indo-US Working
Indo-US Working Group
Group on
on Coal
Coal

Thematic
Thematic Area:
Area:
Overburden
Overburden Dump
Dump Stability
Stability

Dr. V. K. Singh
Scientist & Head
Slope Stability Division
Central Mining Research Institute (CMRI)
Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Capability of Central Mining Research Institute
in the field of Overburden Dump Stability
Dump Foundation
• Importance - >10million projects.
• Facilities available with CMRI

• In-Situ Direct Shear test facility for rock mass


• Sample size 70 cm X 70 cm X 35 cm
• Laboratory Direct Shear test facility for rock and soil
• Sample size - NX for rocks
• Direct shear test for soil also
• Triaxial rock and soil testing machine.
• Geotechnical mapping of weak planes.
• Groundwater condition
Dumps

Same strength testing facilities,

Slope profiling for dump configuration (Surface profiler)

Optimum slope design of the dumps


Benefits: Land acquisition, Environment

Sensitivity analysis

To suggest remedial measures to check failures

Slope monitoring (Total station)


Recently Conducted Overburden Dump Stability Studies

• Dump slope stability conducted all over India in different geo-mining


conditions

• East (Namchik Opencast Coal Mine, Arunachal Pradesh,


APMDTCL, height 150m, external-shovel-dumper dump).

• West (Vastan Lignite Mine, Surat, Gujarat, GIPCL, external-shovel-


dumper dump).

• North (Nigahi Opencast Coal Project, Singrauli, NCL, height 70m,


internal-dragline dump).

• South (Neyveli Lignite Mine - I & Mine - II, external – spreader –


dumps attached with bucket wheel excavater, height 60m & 130m
respectively); OC-II, Ramagundam, SCCL, Internal dump height
184 m.
Problematic Areas during Overburden Dump
Slope Stability
Groundwater Measurement

• Importance
• Problems
• Drilling for installation of piezometers for regular
groundwater monitoring in different geo-mining
conditions.

• Ground penetrating radar

• Some times not possible to drain out water from the


previous dragline cut for fresh dumping.

•
In-situ Shear Strength Measurement after
Plantation

• We always suggest for plantation to increase the


stability.

• Methodology to quantify the increase in the shear


strength of the overburden after plantation.

• Importance
Slope Monitoring

• Importance
• Problems:
– Methodology and equipments for prediction of slope failures of
in-accessible portions of dumps.
– Internal dragline dumps – NCL.

• Total station with reflectors

• Reflector less total station – reflectance -

• Acoustic emission technique

• Slope stability radar

• Methodology and cost effective equipments suitable for Indian Coal


Mining Industry.
Proposed area of Research for Indo-US research
Team in the field of Overburden Dump Stability

• Determination of groundwater condition in


dragline dumps for optimum dump slope
design
• Determination of in-situ shear strength after
plantation to asses the slope stability
condition after plantation.
• Slope monitoring of inaccessible dragline
dumps for the prediction of slope failure
for the safety of men and material.

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