Modern Engineering Solutions, from the Ground Up
Appalachian Mining & Engineering (AME) delivers mine design, geotechnical engineering, and consulting that keep operations safe, compliant, and profitable. With 40+ years of field experience and an in-house rock mechanics lab (GEOLAB), we turn site data into reliable designs, ground-control plans, and long-term stability strategies for underground and surface operations. From first core to final cut, AME integrates material testing, engineering design, and monitoring so decisions are based on site-specific data, not opinion.
Mine Design & Stability
Roof and ground control plans, pillar design and recovery, highwall stability, multi-level/seam pillar analysis, ventilation and contaminant dispersion, safety audits and inspections—engineered to reduce risk and downtime.
Feasibility, reserves, sequencing and production scheduling, break-through analysis, geologic mapping, coal/rock quality, and core logging. Mine plans derived from the geologic condition allows operations to maximize reserve recovery through the predictability of varying mining conditions.
Mine Planning & Reserve Analysis
ASTM- and ISRM-standard rock and geotechnical testing with fast, consistent turnaround. Generate inputs you can stand behind in models and with regulators. Common tests include UCS, triaxial, Brazilian tensile, direct shear, point load, slake durability, density/porosity, and moisture content.
Rock Mechanics Testing (GEOLAB)
Design, installation, and analysis of monitoring systems to track ground movement, stress, and environmental conditions. The implementation data mining allows for proactive insights into rock behavior and response for safer, more reliable mine plans and recovery operations.
Instrumentation & Monitoring
Litigation & Regulatory Support
Expert witness testimony for civil trials and hearings before the state (DSMRE, DEP, DNR, DLMR) and federal (MSHA, OSHA) regulatory authorities in regard to ground control, subsidence, blasting, water quality, reserve recovery, and accidents/fatalities