Vijaya Raghavan*, Dr Syed Ariff**, Paul Prasanna Kumar***
obtained by Bord and Pillar method and barely about 2% by longwall methods. The other countries where Bord and Pillar method predominates are Australia, USA and South Africa. Bord and Pillar Method Fundamentally, the bord and pillar method of mining coal seams involves the driving of a series of narrow headings in the