Case Study
Mine Supervisor Chooses Innovative Solution for Disposal of Coal Mine Slurry Waste
50 Coal People Magazine www.coalpeople.com At the North River Mine in Berry, AL, two waste streams are created from the processing plant, coarse rock and fine rock particles. Coming from the processing plant, the fine rock particles are suspended in water forming a slurry. This slurry is normally disposed of via surface impoundments or injected into abandoned underground mine workings. The volume of this waste stream is very significant a