Yamana Gold Inc. (Yamana) is a gold producer engaged in gold and other precious metals mining and related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing and reclamation.
Operations in Illinois use combinations of CCPW embankments, sediment ponds and surface drainage network to minimize adverse environmental effects of waste management, mining, processing, and reclamation activities.
In many cases proper mining, processing, and waste management, reclamation practices and clean-coal combustion methods can minimize these impacts, but at an appreciable higher cost.
Kinross Gold Corporation (Kinross) is engaged in gold mining and related activities, including exploration and acquisition of gold-bearing properties, the extraction and processing of gold-containing ore, and reclamation of gold mining properties.
Among the broad topics receiving attention are coal geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mineralogy, and petrology; coal mining theory, technology and engineering; coal processing, utilization and conversion; coal mining environment and reclamation and related aspects.
Part 828 of this chapter, Special Permanent Program Performance Standards - In Situ Processing, shall apply to any person who conducts surface coal mining and reclamation operations which include the in situ processing of coal.
(b) Underground operations such as underground construction, operation, and reclamation of shafts, adits, underground support facilities, in situ processing, and underground mining, hauling, storage, and blasting.
(a Part 773 of this chapter, Requirements for Permits and Permit Processing, shall apply to any person who applies for a permit for surface coal mining and reclamation operations.
The term includes access and haulroads constructed, used, reconstructed, improved, or maintained for use in surface coal mining and reclamation operations or coal exploration, including use by coal hauling vehicles to and from transfer, processing, or storage areas.
Processing cost is impacted as a result of the added dilution material flowing through the processing plant which is eventually rejected at an additional cost of increased capital and labor expenditure on construction, maintenance and reclamation of disposal areas.
Part 764 of this chapter, State Processes for Designating Areas Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations, pertaining to petitioning, initial processing, hearing requirements, decisions, data base and inventory systems, public information, and regulatory responsibilities shall apply to surface coal mining and reclamation operations.
