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Intelligent Face Systems with a Direct Link to the Mine Control Room Provide New Technology for the International Coal Industry
This paper discusses the intelligent interaction of the key systems that make up a longwall mining installation. The high level of automation that can be achieved with an interlinked system is the key to greater efficiency, by way of energy and resource savings, and a significant improvement in workplace safety.…
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BGR Energy Study 2014 – Observations from a Coal-Industry Perspective
In December 2014 the Federal Institute for Geo-Sciences and Raw Materials (BGR) presented its new ‘Energy Study 2014’ that takes stock of ‘reserves, resources and the availability of energy supplies’ at national and global level in 2013. In publishing the study the BGR hopes to contribute to the public debate…
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FABERG – 93 Years of Mining Industry Standards
FABERG, the Herne-based mining standards committee, is part of the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN) in Berlin. As a joint institution of the German mining industry FABERG is supported by the Berlin-based VRB (German Association for Raw Materials and Mining) and in terms of its organisation and staff is affiliated…
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Advantages and Applications of Rail Haulage Systems in Underground Hard Rock Mining Operations
In the past twenty years, substantial efforts have been made to introduce improvements to rail haulage systems and to catch up with the advantages of the other methods of haulage and conveyance in underground hard rock mining operations. Modern high performance rail haulage systems eliminate the historical disadvantages and have…
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Setting the REE Industry-Specific Criteria and their Significant Role in the Viability of Rare Earth Underground Mining Projects
To evaluate the feasibility of a future underground mining operation is a complex problem in itself, with several different parameters to be accounted for and evaluated to secure investment decisions over the viability of any potential underground mining project. This procedure gets even more complicated when it comes to exploiting…
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Current Issue 05_2015
Andreas-Peter Sitte (Chief Editor Mining Report Glückauf) Editorial In this present edition of Mining Report Glückauf I shall pick up on a number of topics, some of which also featured at various conferences and symposia held over the summer. At this point I should like in particular to mention two…
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Zero Accidents and 100 % Value Added. Utopian – Challenging – Natch?
Occupational health and safety and process efficiency are outstanding action items in coal mining. At first glance, the goals like risk minimization for the employees and steadily rising productivity, seem to stand in opposition to each other, specifically taking into account the potentially higher risk in underground mining. History shows…
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Making an Exploration Investment Case
Exploration expenditure is closely linked to commodity prices and in the current low commodity price environment pressure on exploration budgets and reduction in spending has been dramatic. This calls for making robust business cases for exploration spending to demonstrate value-added to senior management. This contribution examines exploration and related resource…
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Legal Survival Strategies in Anglo-Saxon Countries Exemplified by Mining Projects in Australia
Australia is one of the biggest mining countries in the world. In spite of the current recession, the mining industry has continuously grown throughout the past decades. This predictable continuing development in the upcoming decades can undoubtedly be traced back to Australia’s vast and often unexploited landmasses. The country possesses…
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Cooperation to Improve Health and Safety in the Turkish Mining Industry
The Turkish Ministry of Mines, Raw Materials and Energy, the International Social Security Association (ISSA) in Geneva and the International Section of the ISSA for Safety and Health in Mining (ISSA Mining) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Ankara, agreeing to cooperate closely to improve occupational safety in the Turkish…
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