Way to Leadership in the Power Market: The Improvement of Coal Mining Technologies at Coal Mines of the Ekibastuz Deposit

In the terms of reserves concentration, the Ekibastuz black coal deposit in Kazakstan is the most unique in the world. Thirteen billion tons of coal are concentrated in an area of 64 km^² and an additional 200 million tons of coal are contained within a 1 km^² area. From a geological perspective the deposit represents a syncline with dimensions 12 km × 6 km. At the periphery, super-thick coal seams outcrop near the surface and to the center of the syncline they deepen by 750 m. The syncline is stretched in the north-south direction with coal seams of 170 m average thickness flanked by a flat dip at the curve ends. The south-western wing is represented by the inclined bedding, and the north-eastern wing by vertical bedding to overturned bedding.

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Authors:

Viktor Konstantinovich Shchukin, General Director of Bogatyr Coal LLP, Doctor of Economic Science

Dmitry Pavlovich Melekhov, Adviser to General Director of Bogatyr Coal LLP, Mining Engineer-Surveyor.

Based on TAKRAF information