Vertical and decline shaft sinking - good practices in technique and technology : International Mining Forum 2015, 23-27 February 2015 Cracow, Poland

Shaft sinking for underground transportation purposes is a very complex technological process in mining and geotechnology which requires specific and specially designed technological equipment. This technological process is dealt with for a long time, since mining is one of the oldest industries in the world. This book presents the technical papers that were presented at the International Mining Forum 2015. The International Mining Forum (IMF) is a meeting place of scientists and professionals who are engaged in confronting ideas and experience, evaluating solutions implemented, and discussing new ideas that might change the image of the mining industry. The IMF is an international activity of the School of Underground Mining, the major branch event organized both by the Mineral & Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences and AGH–University of Science & Technology of Cracow, which gathering approximately 500 people from Poland and other countries every year. This year's edition of the International Mining Forum was related to specialistic underground construction. Experts presented papers related to the implementation and operation of the vertical and decline shafts. Experience from China, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia and Poland were shared at the meeting. The topics of papers submitted include: * Application of TBM for driving declines shafts * State-of-the-Art in Blind Shaft Drilling * Ground freezing * Technology of shaft sinking in low-strength rocks and high natural hazards probabilities * Static calculations of the shaft linings * Determinants of forecasting deformation in a shaft Content: Future trends in shaft development / E. Neye, W. Burger, A. Frey, D. Petrow-Ganew, Benjamin Künstle -- Investment costs comparison of shafts and declines / Branko Gluščević, Čedomir Beljić, Zoran Gligorić -- Two-dimensional raise-bore hole stability and support assessment for the Victoria project in Ontario, Canada / M. Jakubowski, M. Moskwa -- Conditions of deformation prediction in the shaft / A. Kwinta -- State-of-the-art in blind shaft drilling for shaft sinking in the coal-mining industry in China / Song Haiqing, Yao Zhishu, Cai Haibing -- Vertical shaft sinking for underground transportation purposes in Slovenia / Marko Ranzinger, Marjan Hudej -- Freezing method as the optimal way of rock mass treating in Polish copper mines / Sławomir Fabich, Jacek Kulicki, Sławomir Świtoń -- About the application of conventional and advanced freeze circle design methods for the Ust-Jaiwa freeze shaft project / Nikolai Hentrich, Juergen Franz -- Static calculations of mine shaft linings in Poland (selected problems) / A. Wichur, K. Frydrych, P. Kamiński -- The construction of shafts in the copper fields in the conditions of the Fore-Sudetic monocline as exemplified by the SW-4 shaft / Wojciech Chojnacki, Sławomir Fabich, Tadeusz Rutkowski -- Underground deposit exploitation : Bontang project / Janusz Olszewski, Paweł Wójcik, Janusz Rusek -- Deepening the JANINA VI shaft / Jarosław Jankowski, Jacek Mika, Mariusz Gierat -- Vertical position identification of the machine vision system in the mineshaft for the purposes of diagnostic image processing of the mineshaft lining surface / Henryk Kleta, Adam Heyduk, Jarosław Joostberens -- Sinking of 1 Bzie shaft in difficult hydrogeological conditions with the application of combined lining and high-performance concretes / Daniel Wowra, Tomasz Sanocki, Mariusz Wojtaczka -- Repair of shaft brick lining within clay-stone zone and proposal of alteration of the Polish standard PN-G-14002:1997 / Roland Bobek, Tomasz Śledź, Adam Ratajczak, Wojciech Lekan, Piotr Głuch -- Application of steel segments in the reinforcement of shaft lining at a section of Sandwater area / Aleksander Wardas, Wojciech Lekan, Piotr Głuch. Future trends in shaft development / E. Neye, W. Burger, A. Frey, D. Petrow-Ganew, Benjamin Kunstle -- Investment costs comparison of shafts and declines / Branko Gluscevic, Cedomir Beljic, Zoran Gligoric -- Two-dimensional raise-bore hole stability and support assessment for the Victoria project in Ontario, Canada / M. Jakubowski, M. Moskwa -- Conditions of deformation prediction in the shaft / A. Kwinta -- State-of-the-art in blind shaft drilling for shaft sinking in the coal-mining industry in China / Song Haiqing, Yao Zhishu, Cai Haibing -- Vertical shaft sinking for underground transportation purposes in Slovenia / Marko Ranzinger, Marjan Hudej -- Freezing method as the optimal way of rock mass treating in Polish copper mines / Slawomir Fabich, Jacek Kulicki, Slawomir Switon -- About the application of conventional and advanced freeze circle design methods for the Ust-Jaiwa freeze shaft project / Nikolai Hentrich, Juergen Franz -- Static calculations of mine shaft linings in Poland (selected problems) / A. Wichur, K. Frydrych, P. Kaminski -- The construction of shafts in the copper fields in the conditions of the Fore-Sudetic monocline as exemplified by the SW-4 shaft / Wojciech Chojnacki, Slawomir Fabich, Tadeusz Rutkowski -- Underground deposit exploitation : Bontang project / Janusz Olszewski, Pawel Wojcik, Janusz Rusek -- Deepening the JANINA VI shaft / Jaroslaw Jankowski, Jacek Mika, Mariusz Gierat -- Vertical position identification of the machine vision system in the mineshaft for the purposes of diagnostic image processing of the mineshaft lining surface / Henryk Kleta, Adam Heyduk, Jaroslaw Joostberens -- Sinking of 1 Bzie shaft in difficult hydrogeological conditions with the application of combined lining and high-performance concretes / Daniel Wowra, Tomasz Sanocki, Mariusz Wojtaczka -- Repair of shaft brick lining within clay-stone zone and proposal of alteration of the Polish standard PN-G-14002:1997 / Roland Bobek, Tomasz Sledz, Adam Ratajczak, Wojciech Lekan, Piotr Gluch -- Application of steel segments in the reinforcement of shaft lining at a section of Sandwater area / Aleksander Wardas, Wojciech Lekan, Piotr Gluch This publication presents the technical papers that were presented at the International Mining Forum 2015. This forum is a meeting place of scientists and professionals who are engaged in confronting ideas and experience, evaluating solutions implemented, and discussing new ideas that might change the image of the mining industry.