Using Dynamic Elemental Modeling for AFCs and Drums

Daniel Sharpe, longwall mining engineer, Komatsu Mining The use of Discrete Element Modelling (DEM) in the mining industry has applications from conveyor systems to shovel bucket loading efficiency. The ability to build in design changes and the implications these...

The Positives and Negatives of Operating Longwalls From the Surface

Peter Henderson, engineering manager for underground operations, Glencore (Australia) During 2017, one of the Glencore longwalls in Australia was faced with a tough situation. An excessively high concentration of carbon dioxide was found in a section of the current...
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