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  • SME-ICGCM
    Fortrac® Geogrids For Mine Roof Control

    By Ray Brandon

    The recent introduction of polymer geogrids for ground control purposes in underground mines allows mine operators more flexibility in choosing improved products for several applications. This is evid

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME-ICGCM
    Ground Pressure Control With Use Of Freezing Rocks On The Ore Deposits Of Yakutia

    By G. P. Neobutov

    The near surface inclined gold ore deposit is mined out at freezing temperature. The replacement of ore pillars by artificial freezing rocks during the rock pressures control in this conditions presen

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME-ICGCM
    Geology, Ground Control, and Mine Planning at Bowie Resources, Paonia, CO

    By Collin Stewart

    Bowie Resources maintains one of the most pro-active ground control programs in the U.S. mining industry today. Its guiding philosophy is that everyone in the organization, from the miners at the fac

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME-ICGCM
    Mining Subsidence Of An Urban Area In Ipswich, Queensland (3581bf43-8b41-4e5e-a797-55082bdbc493)

    By D. J. Maconochie

    This paper describes the investigations and results of monitoring of deformations of houses located within the area of influence of a pillar collapse over the Westfalen No. 3 coal mine near Ipswich, Q

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Characteristic Acoustic Emission Sequences of Rock Samples Under Uniaxial Loading

    By Nic Slatalla

    Acoustic emission monitoring techniques are a powerful tool for analysing deformation behaviour and fracture characteristics of rock samples under uniaxial loading. Uniaxial compression tests wer

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME-ICGCM
    Development and Implementation of the “Spin to Stall” Resin Bolting System at Anglo Americans Australian Underground Coal Operations

    By Ismet Canbulat, John Naylor, Jason Emery, Peter Craig, Andy Sykes

    "Longwall mining is by far the most common method of underground coal extraction in Australia. The industry trends and expectations are placing increasing emphasis on the reliability and productivity

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Fully-Grouted, High-Strength, Mechanical Shell Tensioned Bolt Improves Pittsburgh Seam Primary Roof Support

    By Daniel Su

    Approximately 90% of the primary roof bolts used in CONSOL?s Pittsburgh seam coal mines is 2-piece, 8-foot long, 7/8? (or ¾?), high-strength, resin assisted, mechanical shell tensioned bolt. The remai

    Jan 1, 2007

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    Coal Mine Safety in China and Degasification of Longwall Panel Using In-Seam Directional Drilling Technology

    By John Feddock

    A recent increase in energy demand has resulted in the rapid growth of coal consumption in the People?s Republic of China (PRC), which is the largest coal producer and consumer in the world. Reported

    Jan 1, 2007

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    Interaction Between Roof And Support On Longwall Faces With Particular Reference To Support Resistance

    The objective of extensive underground experimentation on three longwall coal faces was to improve the stability of mechanised longwall faces through investigation of the relations between support res

    Jan 1, 1984

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    Pre-Driven Longwall Recovery Room Under Weak Roof Conditions ? Design, Evaluation, and Monitoring

    By Peter (Yunqing) Zhang

    Longwall recovery under weak roof conditions could have considerable delay if the immediate roof is weak and deteriorates during screening. A pre-driven longwall recovery room is a feasible solution

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Engineering Geophysics - Mine Subsidence Risk Assessment Study

    By Kanaan Hanna

    Abandoned mines pose a serious threat to public health and safety, as well as the environment. When active workings approach old mine workings, miners could encounter significant hazards. Additionally

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME-ICGCM
    Development and Field Tests of Look-Ahead Radar and Horizon Sensing for Coal Cutting Drums

    By Gerald L. Stolarczyk

    Safe and efficient coal extraction requires advanced radar subsystems that can be mounted on cutting drums of coal cutting machines. A look-ahead radar (LAR) must solve the radio geophysics problem o

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME-ICGCM
    Coal Pillar Loading Mechanisms and Progress in Pillar Design

    By David Hill

    The Australian underground coal mining industry is increasingly operating in an environment that challenges traditional concepts of coal pillar design, against a background of heightened expectations

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Ground Control of Longwall Top–Coal Caving Faces within Thick Coal Seams

    By Jinwang Zhang, Zhaohui Wang, Jiachen Wang

    "Thick coal seams (seam height larger than 3.5 m) account for a large portion of the proven coal reserves of China, and underground thick coal seam mining provides about 50% of the Chinese annual coal

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Empirical and analytical design of large openings at a proposed national underground science laboratory

    By Karl Jr. Zipf

    The famous Homestake gold mine in Lead, SD. closed recently alter 125 years of operation. However, the mine may receive a new lease on life as a National Underground Science Laboratory (NUSL) supporte

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Shield Monitoring To Forecast Severe Face Weightings At The South Bulga Colliery, NSW, Australia

    By Jim Sandford

    The South Bulga Colliery longwall operation, owned and operated by Cyprus Coal Australia. Oakbridge Pty. Ltd., and located near Singleton, NSW, is currently operating under an average 80-ft-thick (24-

    Jan 1, 1999

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    Evaluation Of Support Performance In A Highly Stressed Mine

    By Hamid Maleki

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines implemented a monitoring program in a western U.S. coal mine for the evaluation of both conventional and alternative support systems. The conventional support consisted of 2.5

    Jan 1, 1994

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    Longwall Roof Fall Prediction and Shield Support Recommendations

    By Ulrich Langosch

    In the 1990s the German mining industry introduced a new generation of shield supports. The new design of support has a maximum load capacity of 10,000 kN, making these units as strong as the shields

    Jan 1, 2003

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    Subsidence Misconceptions And Myths

    By Richard E. Gray

    Subsidence due to coal mining is poorly understood by non-specialists. This has led to numerous misconceptions and myths based on limited observations and lack of knowledge. The three most common are:

    Jan 1, 1996

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    Key Technologies of Integration of Coal Mining–Gangue Washing–Gob Backfilling

    By Wei Yin, Yu Wu, Xiexing Miao

    "For engineering problems of “three under” coal (coal trapped under buildings, waters-bodies and railways) exploitation, environment protection and gangue separation from raw coal underground exist in

    Jan 1, 2015