ENVIRONMENT

Chain Valley ignition prompts warning on control measures

A FRICTIONAL ignition of methane has occurred at the coal face of Lake Coal’s Chain Valley colliery during production at the North Mains development panel.

A frictional ignition of methane occurred at Chain Valley mine in NSW.

A frictional ignition of methane occurred at Chain Valley mine in NSW.

Continuous miner CM01 was cutting towards a known geological fault when the ignition occurred in January this year, according to the New South Wales Resource Regulator's report.    The flame was reported...

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