WEST Wallsend colliery in the Newcastle coalfield, New South Wales, has already been targeted as a strategically
BY May this year and only 12 weeks into commercial production the Moranbah North longwall operation in
Technology advances are giving coal mine operators a wider range of communication channels to choose
TOTAL production from Australia’s longwall mines climbed 13% in calendar 1999, reflecting contributions
Mine planning for longwall operations will never be the same again. Dogged by depressed coal prices,
THE success of Advanced Conveyor Technologies’ local manufacturing push has been further underlined by
Newlands assesses production hourly against pre-negotiated internal benchmarks. “We sat the guys down
WHAT is perhaps most remarkable about the day-to-day operations of the Bailey mine of Consol Energy in
More than most new-generation longwall operations in Australia, North Goonyella has been plagued by inefficient
Not only does this decentralisation allow the company to offer rebuild and refurbishing facilities to
In-seam drilling from underground for methane drainage and exploration has served Australian mines extremely
A decade of upheaval in the world’s longwall equipment manufacturing industry has seen America’s Long-Airdox
LONG-AIRDOX has described its sale of AFC equipment to the Baal Bone and Southland collieries in New
SINCE mining operations recommenced in June 1999 at the old Gretley mine, in the New South Wales Hunter
Once a struggling operation, the Newlands coal mine in central Queensland is the new record- holder of
In the next 12 to 18 months, BHP Coal Illawarra will determine the development route to access additional