Mining Report Special Issue

cover story: The art of working efficiently fitting-out three gravity-fed coal bunkers consecutively is described in the article ‘Three bunkers at a single stroke’. In order to progress quickly, ventilation boreholes had to be in place just as fast as a solution for the transport of the loads. See pages 48 following for more.

Topics of Mining Report Special Issue 2013:

• Ploughs and cutter drums in medium to small seams
• Plough longwall operations
• Stowing on longwall faces
• High-tempered steel roadway supports
• Three bunkers at a single stroke
• Life cycle management approach