Land reclamation and strip-mined coal production in appalachia

Abstract

Session Title Land, Water and Energy. • This study quantifies the short-run impacts of reclamation on strip mining cost, coal price, production and employment in Appalachia. Full reclamation would have reduced Strip-mined coal production by 7.5

Development of open-pit mine reclamation cost estimation models: A regression-based approach

“…Despite the importance of the mine reclamation cost estimation, very few studies have addressed this issue, especially in the recent decade. Many of these studies [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] focus on reclamation cost estimation of United States (US) surface coal mines based on the unit costs of activities. Catlett and Boehlje [27] developed a multivariate regression model to estimate the reclamation costs of surface coal mines.…”

Map of Jordan governorates wind distribution and mean power density

“…5% per year, and at a rate of 5% per year in developing countries [21][22][23]. The future demand for electricity needs shows that the world's electricity consumption is expected almost to double [24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Currently, Wind energy is popularly used in many countries such as the USA, Germany, Spain, China, India, UK, Denmark and Canada.…”