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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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