FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – The San Juan Coal Company has received a national award from the federal government for a reclamation project at its La Plata Mine in northwestern New Mexico. The company received the award for exemplary coal mine reclamation because it used the best technology currently available to control erosion and sedimentation and […]
Natural Regrade’s innovative GeoFluv™ fluvial geomorphic landform design method will be taught in two courses: “Design and Construction of Topography in Ecological Restoration” and “Environmental Impact Assessment and Remediation.” Both will be led by Jose Francisco Martin Duque, who has done pioneering work in geomorphic landform design in Spain. While used extensively by mining companies, […]
In 2009/2010 Landforma was involved in an Australian Coal Industry Research Program (ACARP) C18024 investigating “Sustainable Landscape Design for Coal Mine Rehabilitation”. This project compared waste dump landform design outputs using (a) existing landform guidelines; (b) the Water Erosion Prediction Program (WEPP) runoff and erosion model; and (c) dedicated landform design software (Geofluv). The three […]
Mecalac Ahlmann’s Hybrid 12MTX won both the machinery gold award and the special environment prize. Intermat has announced the winners of its innovation awards. There were eight awards in all spread over three categories including a Special Environment Prize. In the machinery category the gold award went to Mecalac Ahlmann for its Hybrid 12MTX. The […]
