Coal Loss Reconciliation and Conditional Recovery Scenarios for an Open-Pit Coal Seam in Jambi, Indonesia

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Indah Permata Sari
Heri Prabowo
* Corresponding author: heri.19782000@ft.unp.ac.id
Jukepsa Andas
Rangga Agung Pribadi Heriawan

Abstract

Coal recovery in open-pit mines is commonly judged against the 90% mining-recovery planning figure of Indonesian good-mining-practice regulation, although survey and weighbridge tonnages originate from different measurement systems. This study reconciled survey-based in-situ tonnage (Ts) with weighbridge tonnage (Tc) for Seam 2, Pit B, Jambi, Indonesia, in January–February 2026, allocated the apparent discrepancy to three components, and calculated conditional recovery targets. Ts was 28,536.03 tons and Tc 24,114.08 tons, giving an apparent discrepancy of 4,421.95 tons (15.50%) and a coal recovery of 84.50%. In the base case, hauling (41.37%, estimated) exceeded other factors (32.25%, residual) and loading point (26.39%, assumption-based), but this ranking reversed at bucket fill factors below 0.943, marginally above the observed mean of 0.942; recovery would reach 90% at an in-situ density of 1.183 tons/m³. Reaching 90% requires recovering 1,568.35 tons, a 35.47% reduction of the discrepancy, which is an arithmetic target rather than a tested outcome.

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Sari, I., Prabowo, H., Andas, J., & Heriawan, R. (2026). Coal Loss Reconciliation and Conditional Recovery Scenarios for an Open-Pit Coal Seam in Jambi, Indonesia. MOTIVECTION : Journal of Mechanical, Electrical and Industrial Engineering, 8(2), 231 - 250. https://doi.org/10.46574/motivection.v8i2.635

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