Definition of Conventional mining

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Conventional mining

The term 'Conventional mining' as it applies to the area of energy can be defined as ' The oldest form of room pillar mining, which consists of a series of operations that involve cutting the coal bed, so it breaks easily when blasted with explosives or high pressure air, and then loading the broken coal'.

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