Mine planning and equipment selection 2004

Cover......Page 1
Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2004......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 14
Organization......Page 16
Open pit and underground mine planning, modelling and design......Page 18
2 OVERVIEW OF PETRI NETS......Page 20
3.2 Conflict......Page 21
4.1  Petri Net model of drilling operation in an open cast mine......Page 22
REFERENCE......Page 23
Planning mines by digital methods......Page 24
1.1 Big project—Szczerców Field—One of two fields of Bełchatów Mine in Bełchatów Basin......Page 26
1.2 Small project—Tomislawice Open Pit—one of future operations in konin basic......Page 28
2 GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MINING GRAPHS......Page 30
3 INTERSECTION OF VECTORS AND THEIR EIGENVALUES......Page 31
4.3  Algorithmic forms of polygons......Page 32
4.6 Modified algorithm of vector intersection......Page 33
REFERENCES......Page 34
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 36
4 MINING BLOCK MODEL......Page 37
5 THE COST TERMINOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION......Page 38
6 THE 3-STEP BLOCK SEARCH PROCESS......Page 39
6.3  Marginal block search......Page 40
7.1  Redistribution of BSC......Page 41
7.3  Multiple zone case......Page 42
REFERENCE......Page 43
2  GETTING STARTED......Page 44
REFERENCES......Page 47
4.1 Previous resource estimation......Page 48
5  PRODUCTION PROFILES......Page 49
7.1 Methodology......Page 50
7.2.6  Cut-off grade......Page 51
7.2.10 Nested pit and optimization of schedule......Page 52
REFERENCES......Page 53
2  GEOLOGY OF THE COAL DEPOSIT......Page 54
3.2  Top and bottom elevation......Page 55
4.2 Seam thickness......Page 56
5.1 Quantity and quality estimation......Page 58
5.2  Waste volume and coal tonnage calculation......Page 59
REFERENCES......Page 60
2 CURRENT ALGORITHMS......Page 62
3.2 Intermediate economic model......Page 63
3.3  The final economic model......Page 64
4 THE NEW ALGORITHM LOGIC......Page 66
REFERENCES......Page 69
2  THE PROPOSAL OF A SOLUTION......Page 70
3.1 Modeling the shortwalls......Page 71
3.2 Evaluating the shortwalls......Page 72
3.3  Bench advance analysis......Page 73
3.4  Shortwall optimisation......Page 74
REFERENCES......Page 75
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 78
3.2  Our present approach and its inconveniences......Page 79
3.3.2  Lagrange’s polynomial resolution by successive approximation theory on a computer......Page 80
4.2.1  Model KOV990.IN as printed by Optimin.bas......Page 81
4.3.1  Model KOV990.OUT as printed by Optimin.bas......Page 82
5  CONCLUSION......Page 83
REFERENCES......Page 84
2  QUARRYING METHOD......Page 86
4.1  Linear octree based deposit modelling......Page 87
4.4  Volume integration......Page 88
5.1  Geophysical measurements and model building......Page 89
REFERENCES......Page 91
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 92
3  ENTERING AND UPDATING NUMERICAL DATA......Page 93
4  CALCULATIONS AND VISUALIZATIONS......Page 94
REFERENCES......Page 95
1.2  Carbonar’s Longwall face......Page 96
2.2  Panels layout......Page 97
2.4 Coal reserves and output......Page 98
3.1  Coal field analysis......Page 99
3.2  Surface subsidence analysis......Page 100
REFERENCES......Page 101
3  THE PRINCIPLE OF AHP......Page 102
4.2  Building sequence decision by fuzzy logic......Page 103
REFERENCES......Page 105
Geomechanics......Page 106
2  GEOTECHNICAL CONDITIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS......Page 108
2.1  Failure mechanism and analysis......Page 109
3.3  Deep seated failure analysis......Page 110
4.1  Drainage system construction......Page 111
REFERENCES......Page 112
1  INFLUENCE OF ABUTMENT PRESSURE ON BEND STIFFNESS OF FLOOR STRATA......Page 114
2  BEND OF FLOOR STRATA......Page 115
4 FLOOR HEAVE PROCESS AND MECHANICAL PRINCIPLE OF ROADWAY WITH THE ACTION OF DYNAMIC PRESSURE......Page 116
REFERENCES......Page 117
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 118
3  SIMULATION STRATEGY......Page 119
5  CONCLUSIONS......Page 120
REFERENCES......Page 121
2  ANALYSIS MODEL FOR GERFCTC......Page 122
3.1  The analysis of the rigidity of the coal seam......Page 123
3.5  The analysis of the rigidity of the main roof......Page 124
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 125
REFERENCES......Page 126
3  EVALUATION OF SUPPORTING SYSTEMS......Page 128
4.1  Rock mechanic studies......Page 129
5.3  Observation of load cells......Page 130
6.4......Page 131
REFERENCES......Page 132
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 134
2.1 Pillar burst characterization methods......Page 135
3.2  Finite element model......Page 136
3.4 ERR results......Page 137
3.5  ESR and BPI results......Page 138
REFERENCES......Page 139
3 METHODS AND FORMULAS FOR DETERMINATION OF PILLAR STRENGTH......Page 140
4  DEPENDENCE OF PILLAR STRENGTH ON CALORIFIC VALUE AND DEPTH......Page 142
5  PRACTICAL USE OF THE DATA ON ROCK STRENGTH INCREASE RATE......Page 143
REFERENCES......Page 144
2  METHOD OF TESTING......Page 146
3  ANALYSIS OF TESTING RESULTS......Page 147
REFERENCES......Page 148
2  ROCKSTRATA PRESSURE MONITOR APPLICATION OF BRACKETS......Page 150
5 ROCKSTRATA PRESSURE ANALYSE ON THE BASE OF ANT ALGORITM......Page 151
REFERENCES......Page 152
2  BUILDING UP OF CALCULATION MODEL......Page 154
2.1 Chose of model tasks  and calculation schemes......Page 155
2.3 Definition of scheme of  a solution......Page 156
3 SUMMARY......Page 158
2 DETERMINATION OF THE MECHANISM OF THE FAILURE......Page 160
3 CRACK UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE COMBINED LOADING......Page 161
4 SYSTEM OF CRACKS BEHAVIOR......Page 162
5 CONCLUSIONS......Page 164
REFERENCES......Page 165
Mining and processing methods......Page 166
2 INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDY AREA......Page 168
3  DRYING PROCESSES......Page 169
4 STOCK PROCESS......Page 170
4.1 Studies of grad e balan......Page 171
REFERENCES......Page 172
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 174
2 BENCH DESIGN......Page 175
REFERENCES......Page 176
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 178
3 THE OPTIMAL CONTROL OF A JIG......Page 179
4 CONCLUSIONS......Page 181
REFERENCES......Page 182
3 ESTABLISHING THE OPTIMUM EXPLOSIVE CONSUMPTION......Page 184
4 ESTABLISHING THE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE ROCK GEOMECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE SPECIFIC EXPLOSIVE CONSUMPTION......Page 185
REFERENCES......Page 186
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 188
3.1 Ore specifications demanded by customer......Page 189
3.3 Production strategies......Page 190
3.4.1  Quality improvement strategies......Page 191
3.4.3  Selection of production method & machine-equipment and production planning......Page 192
3.4.4  Comparison of unselective and selective excavation conditions and cost evaluation......Page 194
REFERENCES......Page 196
2.1  Direct methods......Page 198
3  FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES......Page 199
4 DIRECT RIPPING RUNS......Page 200
5.1.  Classification of sites by indirect rippability assessment methods......Page 201
6  DEVELOPMENT OF A DIRECT RIPPABILITY SYSTEM......Page 202
7  CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 203
REFERENCES......Page 205
1 FOREWORD......Page 206
2.1  Testing apparatus......Page 207
3.2  Rock tested......Page 208
4.1  Technical performance......Page 209
REFERENCES......Page 212
2.2  Characteristic on geological structure......Page 214
2.3 Characteristic on weather, climate and hydrogeology......Page 215
3.1  Selective mining schemes for open pit coal mines in Vietnam......Page 216
3.2  Scheme of deepening pit bottom for deep open pit coal mines in Vietnam......Page 217
4  CONCLUSIONS......Page 218
REFERENCES......Page 219
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 220
REFERENCES......Page 226
2 MINING METHODS USED DURING THE FIRST PERIOD OF EXPLOITATION......Page 228
3 NEW SOLUTIONS IN MINING TECHNOLOGY......Page 230
4 MINING OF BARRIER PILLARS AND ORE RESIDUES......Page 231
REFERENCES......Page 233
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 234
4 EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS......Page 236
6.3 TD/S ratio......Page 237
7 CONCLUSIONS......Page 238
REFERENCES......Page 239
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 240
2 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALTERNATE GEOMETRY FOR AN ILLINOIS COAL MINE......Page 241
3 DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATE MINE WORKING GEOMETRY IN ONE OF POLISH COPPER MINE......Page 242
4 CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 243
REFERENCES......Page 245
2.1 Environmentally friendly mining method in the narrower sense......Page 246
2.2 Environmentally friendly mining method in the wider sense......Page 247
3 STATE OF KNOWLEDGE......Page 248
5.2 Quantitative determination of the environmental impact of the individual partial operations......Page 249
6 FINAL REMARKS......Page 250
1.3 Coal quality influence on environment......Page 252
2.1 Location, geology, stratigraphy......Page 253
3 OPEN PIT TECHNOLOGY......Page 254
4.2 Quality characteristic after extraction......Page 255
5 MEASURES TO AVOID LIGNITE QUALITY DETERIORATION......Page 256
REFERENCES......Page 257
2 ANCIENT USES OF WATER......Page 258
4 MIDDLE AGE UNTIL XVIII CENTURY AND THE FIRST TECHNOLOGICAL JUMP......Page 259
6 THE WATER IN MINING IN XX CENTURY AND THE SUBSEQUENT TECHNOLOGICAL JUMPS......Page 260
7  CONCLUSIONS: WHAT WATER WILL HAVE IN DUE COURSE?......Page 262
REFERENCES......Page 263
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 264
2 THE BROWN ALUMINUM OXIDE......Page 265
4 OBTAINED RESULTS......Page 266
REFERENCES......Page 268
2 NUMERICAL METHOD APPLIED IN THE STUDY......Page 270
3  SIMULATION OF LAB MODEL CONTINUOUS MINER......Page 271
4 DISCUSSION......Page 272
REFERENCES......Page 273
2 IMPORTANCE OF FRAGMENTATION CONTROL......Page 274
4 FRAGMENTATION PREDICTION......Page 275
Rock factor4.3.1......Page 276
4.3.4 Program input......Page 277
5.1.1  Results......Page 278
5.2.1  Results......Page 280
REFERENCES......Page 281
1.2  Present mining situation......Page 284
2.2 Present aspects of coal mines......Page 285
2.3 Mining system and equipment......Page 286
4  CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE COAL INDUSTRY......Page 287
REFERENCES......Page 288
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 290
3 MINING CONDITIONS IN THE AREA GETTING STARTED......Page 291
4 CASE STUDY ON PRESENTED MINING TECHNOLOGY......Page 293
REFERENCES......Page 295
2 TRADITIONAL NONE-VILLAGERELOCATION MINING METHODS......Page 296
3.2 The ways to lower stowing cost......Page 297
4.1 Partial stowing methods......Page 298
REFERENCES......Page 299
2.1 Data model of determination experiential rules and formula s of blast ing engineering......Page 302
2.3  Basic principle for determination key influence factors on experiential rules and formulas of blasting engineering......Page 303
4 CASE STUDY......Page 304
5 CONCLUSIONS......Page 305
REFERENCES......Page 306
1 DISCUSSION AND NEW OBSERVATIONS......Page 308
REFERENCES......Page 312
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 314
3.1 Reef continuity......Page 315
4.2 Blasting......Page 316
6 MINE LAYOUT......Page 317
7 CONCLUSIONS......Page 318
REFERENCES......Page 319
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 320
3 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES......Page 321
4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 322
5 CONCLUSIONS......Page 324
REFERENCES......Page 325
2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION......Page 326
3.1 Scanline mapping......Page 327
3.3 Blast monitoring......Page 328
4.1 Prediction of peak particle velocity......Page 330
4.2 Relationship between vibration and fragmentation......Page 331
REFERENCES......Page 332
2.4 Holmberg et al (1984) proposed the following (Table 3)......Page 334
3 EXPERIMENTAL WORK......Page 335
5.3 Blast vibrations and rock mass features......Page 336
5.4  Critical particle velocity for ‘Fall off’......Page 337
REFERENCES......Page 338
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 340
3 EXPERIMENTAL WORK......Page 341
4.2 About the kerf dept......Page 342
6 CONCLUSION......Page 344
REFERENCES......Page 345
2 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT MINE......Page 346
3  MEASUREMENTS AND EVALUATION......Page 347
REFERENCES......Page 348
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 350
3.4 Creating an undercut......Page 351
3.6 Surface subsidence......Page 352
REFERENCES......Page 353
2 PRE-SPLITTING......Page 354
5 CONCLUSIONS......Page 355
REFERENCES......Page 356
1.2 The range of the fault drop......Page 358
2.2 The pressure characteristic of the pre-driven roadway in the faults......Page 359
2.3 The supporting plan and parameters of the pre-driven roadway......Page 360
2.4 The application in practice......Page 361
REFERENCES......Page 362
2 BENEFITS......Page 364
5 PERFORATION TECHNIQUE......Page 365
7 RESULTS......Page 366
8 POTENTIAL ECONOMIC EVALUATION......Page 367
Design, monitoring and maintenance of mine equipment......Page 368
2 GEARBOX DIAGNOSTIC METHOD......Page 370
3 USING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AUTOMATED INFERRING......Page 372
4 MODEL-BASED FAULT DIAGNOSIS......Page 373
REFERENCES......Page 374
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 376
2 ESTIMATION OF FORCE AND MOMENTS VALUES ON THE MINING HEAD......Page 377
3  MINING PROCESS MODELLING......Page 378
5 SUMMARY......Page 379
REFERENCES......Page 381
1 INTENDED USE OF BWE 700 L......Page 382
2 DESIGN CRITERIA FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EXCAVATOR......Page 383
3.2 Handling system......Page 384
3.5 Crawler undercarriage......Page 385
4 EXPERIENCE FROM MANUFACTURE, ERECTION AND INITIAL OPERATION OF BWE 700 L......Page 386
2.2  Vector control......Page 388
3 DEVELOPMENT OF MICROPROCESSOR BASED SOLID STATE CONTROL (MBSC) SYSTEM......Page 389
5 MBSC SYSTEM ADVANTAGES......Page 390
REFERENCES......Page 392
2 MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AND ITS PRINCIPLES GETTING STARTED......Page 394
3 MAINTENANCE ASSURANCE......Page 395
REFERENCES......Page 398
2 EXPERIMENTAL SITE......Page 400
4.1 Artificial rock fall......Page 402
4.2 Natural rockfall......Page 403
5 EXAMINATION ON STRETCHING SPACE OF SWCS......Page 404
7 CONCLUSION......Page 405
REFERENCES......Page 406
2 RESEARCH METHOD......Page 408
3 THE TEST RESULTS......Page 409
4 SUMMARY......Page 412
2  MODEL OF A POWERED ROOF SUPPORT UNIT......Page 414
3  ESTIMATION OF THE MEASURING ACCURACY OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES BEING MEASURED UNDER MINING CONDITIONS......Page 416
4 SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF A MODEL OF A POWERED ROOF SUPPORT UNIT OF THE FAZOS-12/23-POZ TYPE......Page 417
5  SUMMARY......Page 418
REFERENCES......Page 419
2 THE MEASUREMENT IN SITU AT THE WASTE BENCH II AT THE OPENCAST MINE......Page 420
4 ANALYSIS OF MADE OPERATING MEASUREMENTS......Page 421
5 CONCLUSION......Page 422
REFERENCES......Page 423
2  CURRENT STATUS......Page 424
3  TESTING OF ANTICIPATED LOADING OF POWERED SUPPORTS FOR THE CROSSING OF THE LONGWALL AND GALLERY......Page 426
4 DESIGN OBJECTIVES FOR THE UNIVERSAL POWERED SUPPORT FOR THE CROSSING ZONE......Page 428
LITERATURE......Page 429
2.1  Design objectives......Page 432
3  CURRENT STATUS......Page 433
4  INVESTIGATION OF THE BUCKLING RESISTANCE OF MODEL SAMPLES......Page 435
6 CONCLUSIONS......Page 437
7.1 Design objectives......Page 438
9.3 Selection of the hydraulic medium......Page 439
REFERENCES......Page 440
2  THE NEW LONGWALL MECHANIZED COMPLEX WITH DAILY OUTPUT OF 20,000 TONS......Page 442
4  PRODUCTION......Page 444
5  MECHANIZED COMPLEX IN THE LONGWALL 10/II......Page 445
LITERATURE......Page 446
2  NEW SOLUTIONS OF CUTTING TOOLS AND THEIR HOLDERS......Page 448
4  HARD ROCK MINING USING NEW SOLUTIONS OF CUTTING TOOLS AND HOLDERS......Page 451
REFERENCES......Page 454
2  BI-DIRECTIONAL METHOD......Page 456
4  SELECTED APPLICATIONS......Page 458
REFERENCES......Page 459
2  MULTI-MASS DYNAMIC MODEL OF BELT CONVEYOR......Page 460
4  SIMULATION STUDIES......Page 462
REFERENCES......Page 465
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 466
2.3  Methodology......Page 467
5  FAULT INDICATOR (FI) EXAMPLE [3]......Page 468
REFERENCES......Page 471
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 472
2.3  Other technologies......Page 473
3  CASE STUDY OF TRUCK PERFORMANCE......Page 474
REFERENCES......Page 475
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 478
2  MODERN BELT CONVEYORS USED IN POLISH MINES......Page 479
3  PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF BELTS DESIGNED FOR MODERN BELT CONVEYORS......Page 480
4  SUMMARY......Page 484
REFERENCES......Page 485
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 486
2  LOAD MONITORING METHOD......Page 487
3  LOAD CELL CALIBRATION......Page 488
5  PRACTICAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS......Page 489
6  UNDERGROUND MINE TEST......Page 490
REFERENCES......Page 491
2 USE OF ICT AND e-MAINTENANCE IN MINING INDUSTRY......Page 492
3  e-MAINTENANCE MODEL......Page 493
4  CONCLUSION......Page 494
REFERENCES......Page 495
1  NOTION OF DEGRADATION—CONCEPT OF RESEARCH......Page 496
2  CHANGES OF STRUCTURES AND SELECTED PROPERTIES DUE TO DEGRADATION......Page 497
3  STRUCTURES OF STEELS AFTER LONG SERVICE AND NORMALIZING......Page 498
4  MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS AFTER SERVICE, NORMALIZING AND AGEING......Page 500
5 DISCUSSION......Page 503
REFERENCES......Page 504
2  NEW APPROACH USED IN THE DESIGN OF SHAFT STEELWORKS......Page 506
3  NEW METHOD OF DYNAMIC CONTROL OF STEELWORK AND CONVEYANCE GUIDING IN THE VERTICAL SHAFTS......Page 508
4  CONCLUSIONS......Page 510
REFERENCES......Page 511
2  CURRENT SITUATION IN THE CZECH MINES......Page 512
3.3  Monorail transport......Page 513
4  SAFETY ASPECTS FOR HEAVY LOAD TRANSPORT......Page 514
REFERENCES......Page 515
2 GENERAL OBJECTIVES......Page 516
3.3  The lower grapple requirements......Page 517
3.5  Technical requirements for the rotary head and the feed mechanism......Page 518
4 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM......Page 519
REFERENCES......Page 520
Electrical equipment upgrading of contactless electric locomotive power supply system......Page 522
CONCLUSIONS......Page 525
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 526
2.3  Line pattern......Page 527
3  CONCLUSION......Page 528
REFERENCES......Page 529
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 530
4  REAL TIME PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM......Page 531
6 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION......Page 532
7 CONCLUSIONS......Page 533
REFERENCES......Page 534
Simulation, optimalization and control of technological processes......Page 536
1.2 One-wing operation—preferred variant for the pre-cut development......Page 538
2.2 Requirements to the geological pre-cut model......Page 539
3.1 Basic principles......Page 540
3.2.3 Realtime pre-calculation......Page 541
3.6 Summary and outlook......Page 542
REFERENCES......Page 543
2 FUZZY SET THEORY AND ITS CONCEPTION......Page 544
3 MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING......Page 545
5.1  Case study for underground mining method selection......Page 547
5.3 Case study for open pit mining method selection......Page 549
5.4 Case study by using EQS for open pit  mining method selection......Page 550
REFERENCES......Page 552
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 554
2 CONCLUSIONS......Page 559
1.1 The exploited body......Page 560
1.2  Mining method and means......Page 561
3 PROPOSED DESIGN SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM......Page 562
3.1 Option 1: sloping conveyor belt along the access road......Page 563
3.3 Option 3: to create a new ore pass—tunnel system......Page 564
4.2  Economics considerations......Page 566
5  CONCLUSIONS......Page 567
REFERENCES......Page 568
2  REASONS FOR INCREASED NUMBER OF CONVEYORS IN THE SYSTEM......Page 570
3  THE EFFECTS OF A MULTI-CONVEYOR ARRANGEMENT IN HAULAGE SYSTEMS......Page 571
REFERENCES......Page 573
1  WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY (VR)?......Page 574
2.2  Head Mounted Display HMD 800 stereo......Page 575
2.5  3D Desktop Digitizing System MicroScribe2......Page 576
3.2  Examples of realized 3D sceneries......Page 577
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 578
REFERENCES......Page 579
2.1  Problems found......Page 580
2.3  The blow up of hydraulic coupling......Page 581
3.3  Warranty......Page 582
REFERENCES......Page 583
2  DATA WAREHOUSE AND DATA MART ARCHITECTURE......Page 584
3 BUILDING THE DATA WAREHOUSE......Page 585
5  THE KDD PROCESS......Page 586
6.1  Clustering......Page 587
REFERENCES......Page 588
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 590
2.2.4  Truck travel time......Page 591
4  SIMULATION OUTPUT......Page 593
5  CONCLUSIONS......Page 594
REFERENCES......Page 595
2.1  Main features and applications......Page 596
3.1 Technical performance......Page 597
3.2  Economical performance......Page 598
4.1  Technical performance......Page 599
6  EXAMPLE OF APPLICATION......Page 600
REFERENCES......Page 601
4  FUZZY UNCERTAINTY......Page 602
5.1  Variables and parameters of model......Page 603
5.2  Fuzzy production maximization goal......Page 604
5.4  Constraints......Page 605
6  HAULAGE SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION IN SARCHESHMEH COPPER MINE......Page 606
6.3  The results of optimization model in Sarcheshmeh......Page 607
REFERENCES......Page 608
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 610
2  SIZE DETERMINATION......Page 611
3.2  Swing time and angle......Page 612
4  SHOVEL PRODUCTIVITY......Page 613
7  CONCLUSION......Page 614
REFERENCES......Page 615
1  DISCUSSION AND NEW OBSERVATIONS......Page 616
REFERENCES......Page 621
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 622
2.2  Database design......Page 623
2.3  Simulator logic, design and improvements......Page 625
3  EXAMPLE OF SIMULATION USAGE......Page 626
REFERENCES......Page 627
2.1  Problem formulation......Page 630
1.1  Network model of CSM-trucks system......Page 631
3.2  Model building and simulation......Page 632
4  HOIST SCHEDULING MODEL......Page 633
4.1.1  Phase I......Page 634
REFERENCES......Page 635
2  DETAILS OF THE STUDY......Page 636
REFERENCES......Page 641
1.3 Quality......Page 642
2 BACKGROUND......Page 643
3 APPROACH......Page 644
REFERENCES......Page 645
2.1 Digging conditions......Page 646
3.3 Trial procedure......Page 647
3.4  Feedback device......Page 648
5.1 System installation and commissioning......Page 649
5.3 Data selection for analysis......Page 650
6 CASE STUDIES......Page 651
REFERENCES......Page 653
2.2 Defining the colony......Page 654
3.4 Duplicating the individual......Page 655
REFERENCES......Page 656
Management, mine economics and financial analysis......Page 658
2.1 The model building......Page 660
3  CHARACTERISTIC OF THE INPUTS AND THE OUTPUTS......Page 661
5  CONCLUSION......Page 662
REFERENCES......Page 663
1  THE BREAK-EVEN POINT IN THE THEORY CVP......Page 664
2.2  Selection of the curvilinear function of costs......Page 665
3 METHOD OF DETERMINING THE BREAK-EVEN POINT......Page 666
REFERENCES......Page 668
2  SPECIFICITY OF A LIGNITE OPEN PIT INFLUENCING THE FEATURES OF THE COST SYSTEM......Page 670
3  ACTIVITY BASED COSTING IN A LIGNITE OPEN PIT......Page 671
4  COST OBJECT COST CALCULATION......Page 674
REFERENCES......Page 675
1  PRELIMINARY REMARKS......Page 676
2  THE PROBLEM......Page 677
3.1.2  Valuation model......Page 678
3.2  Demonstration of the model application and general conclusions......Page 679
4.2.1  Option 1......Page 680
4.3  Results......Page 681
REFERENCES......Page 682
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 684
3 EXAMPLE OF CALCULATIONS AND EVALUATION OF RESULTS......Page 685
4  CONCLUSIONS......Page 688
REFERENCES......Page 689
2.1  Definition ofbilateral monopoly......Page 690
2.2  Classical solution ofbilateral monopoly......Page 691
2.3  Analytical solution ofbilateral monopoly model......Page 692
3.3  Long run supply curve ofan opencast mine......Page 693
3.7  The total cost oflignite excavation cS......Page 694
4  CONCLUSIONS......Page 695
REFERENCES......Page 696
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 698
4  OUTPUT AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES......Page 699
5  CONTRIBUTION OF MINING SECTOR TO LOCAL EMPLOYMENT MARKET......Page 700
7  AREA PLANNING AS A TOOL FOR SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OF POST-MINING AREAS......Page 701
LITERATURE......Page 703
3.1  Modeling in GPSS/H......Page 704
3.2  Preparing to simulation experiments......Page 705
4.2  Prediction of a group output......Page 706
REFERENCES......Page 707
2  RESOURCE TERMINOLOGY......Page 708
4  LAND USE PLANNING......Page 709
6  NORWEGIAN EXAMPLES OF LAND PLANNING CONFLICTS......Page 710
6.3  Production of crushed aggregate......Page 711
REFERENCES......Page 712
2.1  Language of programming......Page 714
2.4   Escalation method window......Page 715
3.2  Selection criteria......Page 716
4.1  Se-chahoon mine conditions......Page 717
5 CONCLUSIONS......Page 718
REFERENCES......Page 719
1.3 Community......Page 720
2 INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY......Page 721
3.1 Applied Ecology......Page 722
4  WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY......Page 723
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 724
2  DESIGN OF THE MINING METHOD......Page 726
2.1.1 Mining selectivity......Page 727
3 ECONOMICAL EVALUATION......Page 728
3.1.2 Equivalence of different scenarios......Page 729
4 CONCLUSIONS......Page 730
REFERENCES......Page 731
2 INVESTMENT RISK ON THE EXAMPLE OF GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR “X”......Page 732
2.2 Risk analysis......Page 733
2.2.4 Possibility ofproduction reduction and electric energy distribution......Page 734
REFERENCES......Page 735
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 738
2.2 Decision making models......Page 739
2.4 Model equations and analysis......Page 740
2.5 Comparison with an alternative fuel......Page 742
REFERENCES......Page 743
2 STRATEGY IN HCMG......Page 744
4 INDEX SYSTEM OF HCMG......Page 745
6 CONCLUSIONS......Page 747
REFERENCES......Page 748
Health, safety and environmental protection......Page 750
2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MINING......Page 752
5 STATUS OF COAL BED METHANE DRAINAGE IN INDIA......Page 753
REFERENCES......Page 754
2 DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERION TO ASSESS THE ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE......Page 756
3.2 Operation......Page 757
REFERENCES......Page 758
2.1 Causes......Page 760
3.1  Hydrogeology......Page 761
3.3 Reclamation of mining waste storage yards......Page 763
REFERENCES......Page 764
2 MATERIALS AND METHODS......Page 766
4 GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY......Page 767
6.1 Rockmass deformation......Page 768
6.2 Sub-base......Page 769
7 DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA......Page 770
REFERENCES......Page 771
1  INTRODUCTION......Page 772
4 MINERAL COMPOSITION OF FLOTATION WASTE......Page 773
5.2 Allochthonous components......Page 774
5.2.1 Zn-Pb-Fe sulphides......Page 775
6  FINAL REMARKS......Page 776
REFERENCES......Page 777
3.1 Text and indenting......Page 778
4.1  Mineral conservation and development rules, 1988 (MCDR, 1988)......Page 779
4.5 The Coal Mines Regulations, 1957 (CMR, 1957)......Page 780
6 CONCLUSION......Page 782
REFERENCES......Page 783
1.2 Health risk estimation according to European Directive 44/2002/CE......Page 784
3.1 Working activities and machinery......Page 785
3.2  Monitoring data......Page 786
4.1 Measurement results......Page 787
REFERENCES......Page 788
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 790
3.1 Substrate characterization......Page 791
3.3 Field experiments......Page 792
REFERENCES......Page 795
2.2 The breakage of land resources caused by underground mining......Page 796
4.2 The water pollution in mining areas......Page 797
5 CONTROL MEASURES......Page 798
REFERENCES......Page 799
Development of the operative environmental monitoring system if the mine transport complex in the open cast mines......Page 800
LITERATURE......Page 802
2 POLISH COAL MINING INDUSTRY......Page 804
4.1 Production statistics......Page 805
4.2  Safety statistics......Page 806
REFERENCES......Page 807
2 PROCEDURE OF QUANTIFYING THE GAS STORAGE CAPACITY......Page 808
2.1 Variant calculations and the general model......Page 809
REFERENCES......Page 811
3 ACCIDENTS IN BRAZILIAN WASTE DAMS......Page 812
4 THE CRACK OF THE WASTE DAM OF FERNANDINHO MINE......Page 813
REFERENCES......Page 815
2.1 Production history......Page 818
3  CONCLUSIONS......Page 819
REFERENCES......Page 820
2 THE SYSTEM CONCEPT AND OPERATIONAL ALGORITHM......Page 822
4.2 Miner’s tag......Page 823
REFERENCE......Page 824
2.1 Generic considerations......Page 826
3 THE INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION......Page 827
4  ELECTRONICS AND AN OPERATIONAL ALGORITHM......Page 828
5 THE MAIN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION......Page 829
2  PRESSURE CONDITIONS IN DEGASSING BOREHOLES......Page 830
3  MECHANICALLY DISTURBED METHANE CONCENTRATION IN ROCK ENVIRONMENT......Page 832
4 DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF DEGASSING BOREHOLES IN JAKLOVECKA AREA......Page 834
5.2 Close and provable relation exists between the following variables......Page 835
2.1 Climate hazard......Page 836
3  EVALUATION OF CO-EXISTING BUMP, CLIMATE AND GAS HAZARDS IN THE COPPER ORE MINES......Page 837
4  CONCLUSIONS......Page 839
REFERENCES......Page 840
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 842
2 DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM......Page 843
3 WASTE MODULE......Page 844
4 MINING VOIDS MODULE......Page 845
6 CONCLUSION......Page 848
REFERENCES......Page 849
1 MINING REGULATORY BODIES......Page 850
3  BASIC HAZARD AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES AT MINING PLANTS......Page 851
4.4  Methane hazards......Page 852
4.8  Accident rate in the mining of basic minerals......Page 853
5 MAIN REASONS FOR THE INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS IN 2003......Page 854
2 DETAILS OF STUDYING......Page 856
2 THE PROJECT OF THE SYSTEM FOR POST-MINING LANDSCAPE FORMATION......Page 860
3.1  Group of surfaces......Page 861
3.3 Group of hydrogeology and hydrology......Page 862
3.7 Group of cadastral information......Page 863
4 THE SITUATION AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES OF THE PROJECT......Page 864
REFERENCES......Page 865
2 EIA PROCESS......Page 866
5  ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM......Page 867
7 MITIGATION......Page 868
7.3.1  Pumped water from the mine workings and excavations......Page 869
8  ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN......Page 870
9.2 Obtaining public co-operation......Page 871
10  CONCLUSION......Page 872
2.1  General......Page 874
3 TAILINGS DISPOSAL......Page 875
4.3  Tailings dam at Uzi valley......Page 876
4.7  Deep-Cone thickened Down-Valley discharge......Page 877
REFERENCES......Page 879
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 880
2  SPECIES COMPOSITION OF WOODY PLANTS FOR LANDSCAPE REGENERATION......Page 881
3 STAND COMBINATIONS AND MIXTURES FOR SEEDING, PLANTING......Page 882
REFERENCES......Page 887
2 FLOWING OF GASES FROM THE UNDERGROUND......Page 888
4 GAS LEAKAGE FROM THE SURFACE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE......Page 889
5.1 Pressure conditions in the bore-hole......Page 890
7 RESISTANCE AND PERMEABILITY......Page 892
8 CONCLUSION......Page 893
REFERENCES......Page 894
2.1 The actuality of coal resources and mining......Page 896
2.5 The gas pollutes the atmospheric environment......Page 897
3.3 Research of fllling method......Page 898
REFERENCES......Page 899
3 SIMULATION OF ASSEMBLING ACTIVITIES......Page 900
4.2 Human factor......Page 901
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 902
Author index......Page 904