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The Role of Coal Recovery in the Reclamation of the Merthyr Vale Colliery Site, South Wales, UK
Author(s) -
Brooks C.,
Davies A. J.,
Williams K. P.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2001.tb00357.x
Subject(s) - land reclamation , coal , coal mining , landform , mining engineering , environmental science , waste management , engineering , geology , archaeology , geography , geomorphology
This paper describes the reclamation of the Merthyr Vale colliery site and shows that the incorporation of coal recovery produced economic, as well as environmental, benefits. The optimum plant throughput for a 2.1 m dia. barrel washer was 120 t/h at an operating density of 1200 kg/m 3 . Coal and discard qualities were acceptable, and the final landform was suitable for development with few restrictions.