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Coal top locating technology could uses radar

AN ACARP project is using conductively-guided borehole radar waves for real time prediction of coal tops during blast-hole drilling.

Meandu is one of the sites the ACARP team acquired data sets from.

Meandu is one of the sites the ACARP team acquired data sets from.

Damage to the tops of coal seams caused by incorrect blast stand-off distances is a serious issue to the Australian coal industry costing the equivalent of about 10% in lost coal. To date, no effective...

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