Studies conducted on surface coal mining equipment have identified whole-body vibration as a significant hazard. Operators of underground mobile equipment, particularly shuttle cars and transport vehicles, are likely to be exposed to significant levels of whole-body vibration. To date, measuring whole-body vibration from underground mining mobile equipment has been difficult due to the strict g...

Due to the increasing efforts on saving our natural environment a change in the structure of energy resources can be observed an increasing fraction of a renewable energy sources. In many countries traditional underground coal mining loses its significance but there are still countries, like Poland or Germany, in which the coal based technologies have the greatest fraction in a total energy pro...

Oil shale is a kind of potential alternative energy source for petroleum and has attracted the attention of energy researchers all over the world. Borehole hydraulic mining has more prominent advantages than both conventional open-pit mining and underground mining. It is very important to attempt to use the borehole hydraulic mining method to exploit underground oil shale. The nozzle is the key...

Land subsidence is a global issue and researchers from all over the world are keen to know the causes of deformation and its further influences. This paper reports the findings from time series InSAR (TS-InSAR) results over the Southern Coalfield, Australia using both ALOS-1 PALSAR (Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar) and ENVISAT ASAR (Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar) datasets....

The relation of chronic bronchitis and respiratory dysfunction to age, tobacco smoking, and occupational exposure to surface and underground mining operations were examined in a cross sectional survey of 1363 men employed in the Kalgoorlie mining industry in 1985. Overall, the prevalence of chronic bronchitis was 14%. Eleven per cent of the workers had obstructive lung disorder (FEV1/FVC less t...

The outcomes achieved at the completion of a major industry-funded project undertaken by the CSIRO Mining Technology Group to advance the automation capability of continuous mining equipment in underground coal mining operations are reported. The details of a practical steering and guidance solution for autonomous Continuous Miner operation employing novel inertial navigation aiding techniques ...

In this document, we will talk through information collected on all trends in mining the underground environment as much what happens world or new machinery America provides highest production mining. We often discover opportunities for improvement both productivity and costs. Of these methods, braking is not only most common, but also offers largest share of overall production, nearly 50 perce...

The paper examines the design issues associated with the integration of mineral processing within underground mining systems. It demonstrates conceptual integrated system design options appropriate to a range of geological scenarios. Particular reference is then given to a case study of stoping in narrow base metal veins. The performance of such integrated systems in terms of productivity, econ...