International Mining Forum 2004, New Technologies in Underground Mining, Safety in Mines : Proceedings of the Fifth International Mining Forum 2004, Cracow - Szczyrk - Wieliczka, Poland, 24-29 February 2004

This book comprises technical papers that were presented at the International Mining Forum 2004. This event aims to bring together scientists and engineers in mining, rock mechanics, and computer engineering, with a view to explore and discuss international developments in the field. The book is addressed to researchers and professionals who work in the fields of underground mining technology, rock engineering and management of mines. Topics discussed in this book are: - Trends in the mining industry - New solutions and tendencies in underground mines - Rock engineering problems in undeground mines - Utilization and exploitation of methane - Prevention measures for the control of rock bursts in Polish mines - Current problems in Ukrainian coal mines. Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Application of IntelliMine® for Underground Mine Management......Page 14 Development Trends in Mine Hoisting and Drainage......Page 26 Technology of Underground Coal Mining in the U.S.A.-State of the Art......Page 36 Prospects of Development of Highly Productive Coal Extraction Technologies......Page 49 The Effectiveness of Support of Weak Rock with TA2 Tubular Anchors......Page 59 Equipment Selection for Mechanized Mining as a Function of Physical, Mechanical and Deformation Properties of Rock......Page 64 The Influence of Physical Parameters on Mechanizability of Longwall Mining of Coal......Page 76 A Fuel-Energy System Based on Mining Preparation and Underground Burning of Coal Layers......Page 84 Exploitation of Technologically Generated Methane Deposits by Means of Surface Wells......Page 92 Methane as a Source of Energy in an Air-Conditioning System in “Pniowek” Coal Mine......Page 106 New Technologies of Coal Bed Methane Preliminary Recovery......Page 125 Geomechanical Problems in Simultaneous Exploitation Both Open Pit and Underground at Minera Michilla, II Region Antofagsta-......Page 133 Underground Geotechnology of Polymetallic Ores (Based on the Example of North Caucasian Region Deposits)......Page 150 Technological Advances in Underground Mining of a Stratified Copper Deposit in Poland......Page 164 Possibility of Employing Mechanical Extraction in Thin Copper-Ore Deposit Conditions......Page 181 Experience and Practical Aspects of Utilizing a Shrinkage Method of Extraction at “Kazimierz-Juliusz” Coal Mine in Sosnowiec......Page 191 Application of the SF6 Tracer Gas in Identifying Mine Air Flows through Identifying Mine Air Flows through......Page 205 Risk of Coal Dust Explosion and its Elimination......Page 216 Methane Control in Coal Mining Safety System......Page 228 Rock Bursts—Preventive Measures Undertaken in the Polish Mines......Page 236 Technical and Economic Possibilities for Permanent Limitation of Water Inflow to Mine Workings......Page 255 The Attempt to Apply Radar Interferometry InSAR in the Monitoring of the Impact of theOre Deposit Exploitation in LGOM (Lubin......Page 270 The Control of Mining Damage in China......Page 282 Limiting Inflow of Water to Operating Shafts by Application of Permanent Hydro-Insulating Screens......Page 289 Problems and Prospects of Development of the Coal Mining Enterprises in the Donetsk Region......Page 299 Organizational—Economic Models of Investment Activity at the State-Owned Coal Mining Enterprises of Ukraine......Page 304 Selected papers from the Fifth International Mining Forum in Cracow 2004, addressing technical issues in mining and mine engineering including mechanical and computer-based advances as well as case studies in Poland.