Coaltech Research Association

Intra-seam Sedimentological Controls on Coal Quality: 2 Seam, Witbank Coalfield

Mark Grodner

Sub-seam mapping at an opencast colliery in the Witbank area, setting out a method geologists and resource estimators can apply to other seams.

by Mark Grodner | March 2003

What this report found

Sub-seams within the No 2 Seam were characterised at a single test site using lithology, seam thickness, proximate analysis, petrography and geophysical logs, and a paleoenvironmental model was built from them. Wireline logs separated coal from interburden but could not resolve the individual zones, because the physical differences are too subtle. Better sedimentological models gave better reserve and resource estimates.

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Recovery of Rare Earth Elements by J Nkuna.pdf

Flotation, calcination and leaching tests on run of mine and discard coal, with mineralogy of the rare earth bearing grains. For processing researchers and waste stream owners.

What this report foundRun of mine and discard coal carried total rare earth contents of 260 and 265 ppm, above the 130 ppm cut off grade used for coal.

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Run of mine and discard coal carried total rare earth contents of 260 and 265 ppm, above the 130 ppm cut off grade used for coal. Flotation with an emulsion binder did not raise those concentrations in either the product or the tailings streams. Calcination did, lifting totals to between 285 and 289 ppm, with most rare earths leaching within the first fifteen minutes.

Development of a Horizontal Winnower for the Beneficiation of Fine Coal

Proof of concept work on dry beneficiation of minus 6 mm coal, combining airflow modelling and simulation with a laboratory winnowing box, for plants short of process water.

What this report foundHorizontal air winnowing separated fine coal by particle size and density in laboratory experiments, supported by equation of motion modelling and...

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Horizontal air winnowing separated fine coal by particle size and density in laboratory experiments, supported by equation of motion modelling and computational fluid dynamics. Modelling indicated that a chamber 0.6 m high and 1 m long is sufficient to displace any minus 6 mm particle at air velocities of 10 to 30 m/s.

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