Mine Ventilation

The underground metalliferous mining industry continues to change under the influence of many factors including, to name a few, new ...Read more

In most underground mines, the ventilation system is a significant portion of the total mine capital and operating cost and ...Read more

The risk from fire remains one of the most serious of underground mine disaster scenarios. The impacts of mine fires ...Read more

The duty on mine ventilation shafts is usually either intake or exhaust; it is unusual to split the shaft vertically ...Read more

With hardrock mines using mobile equipment with ever larger diesel engines in ever larger development dimensions, the use of traditional ...Read more

For underground mines with extended periods of surface temperatures below freezing, there are a range of potential impacts on the ...Read more

The Australian mining industry has changed dramatically over the past 20 years in terms of mining methods, mining equipment and ...Read more

Fire has historically being the biggest single cause of underground hardrock mining disasters and traditional primary ventilation systems and practices ...Read more