Medical Hazards in Coal-Mining

Christmas disease and coal-mining. Trauma and exposure to nitroglycerine as occupational hazards.

The main features of Christmas disease, a hereditary disorder of blood coagulation, are outlined, and a family of coal-miners who suffer from this disorder is described. The affected male members of two generations have spent their working lives underground. Three of the eight affected miners were temporarily severely disabled by episodes associated with their bleeding diathesis, and one died i...

Fundamentals of 3D modelling and resource estimation in coal mining

The prerequisite of maintaining an efficient and safe mining operation is the proper design of a mine by considering all aspects. The first step in a coal mine design is a realistic geometrical modelling of the coal seam(s). The structural features such as faults and folding must be reliably implemented in 3D seam models. Upon having a consistent seam model, the attributes such as calorific val...

Coal Exploration and Mining

Image Mining for Intelligent Autonomous Coal Mining

Automation in underground mining enhances safety and leads to economic efficiencies. After more than 50 years of research, automation tasks have gradually been growing out of the classic engineering/mechanical environment and require a sophisticated datamining treatment. The success of (mechanical) process automation has left only one remaining place in the coal-excavation process where human l...

Data Structuration in Coal Research and Coal Mining